Dhāt syndrome: a re-evaluation

Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 14-16

  Jadhav, Sushrut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; cultural validity; culture bound; dhat; iatrogenesis; semen; sex neurosis; unusual psychiatric syndromes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746810471     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/psyt.3.8.14.43399     Document Type: Article

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