Culture-bound syndromes: The story of dhat syndrome

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 184, Issue MAR., 2004, Pages 200-209

  Sumathipala, A ^a   Siribaddana, S H ^b   Bhugra, D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sri Jayawerdenpura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEMEN LOSS ANXIETY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EJACULATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INDIA; MALE; SEMEN; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 1542511808     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.3.200     Document Type: Review

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