Diagnosis and management of depression across cultures

Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 417-419

  Ahmed, Kamran ^a,b   Bhugra, Dinesh ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural identity; culture; depression; management

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 33845352490     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.mppsy.2006.08.010     Document Type: Review

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