The Validity of DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders Categories in South-West Uganda

transcultural psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-241

  Van Duijl, Marjolein ^a   Cardeña, Etzel ^b   de Jong, Joop T V M ^c  

^a GGZ Centraal Center for Mental Health   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dissociative disorders; possession; transcultural psychiatry; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPERSONALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UGANDA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CLERGY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIRITUALISM; STATISTICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; UGANDA;

EID: 21344456133     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461505052666     Document Type: Article

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