Finding a Fit: PsychiatriC Pluralism in South India and its Implications for WHO Studies of Mental Disorder

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-98

  Halliburton, Murphy ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ayurveda; ethnopsychiatry; India; South Asia; WHO studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOSLEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2342463582     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461504041355     Document Type: Article

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