"Somatization" and "comorbidity": A study of jhum-jhum and depression in rural Nepal

Ethos

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-147

  Kohrt, Brandon A ^a   Kunz, Richard D ^b   Baldwin, Jennifer L ^c   Koirala, Naba R ^d   Sharma, Vidya D ^d   Nepal, Mahendra K ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Culture; Depression; Nepal; Paresthesia; Somatization; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844571288     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.2005.33.1.125     Document Type: Review

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