Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Bali: ThE Cultural Shaping of a Neuropsychiatric Disorder

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-408

  Lemelson, Robert ^a  

^a Foundation for Psychocultural Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Indonesia; obsessive compulsive disorder; psychological anthropology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0142028979     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13634615030403004     Document Type: Article

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