A Vietnamese Man with Selective Mutism: ThE Relevance of Multiple Interacting ‘Cultures' in Clinical Psychiatry

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-341

  Hollifiel, Michael ^a   Geppert, Cynthia ^a   Johnson, Yuam ^a   Fryer, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical measurement; culture; medicine; methods; psychiatry; transcultural; trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SERTRALINE;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUTISM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIET NAM; WAR;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MUTISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 0142028982     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13634615030403002     Document Type: Article

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