Eliciting explanatory models of common mental disorders using the Short Explanatory Model Interview (SEMI) Urdu adaptation - A pilot study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 461-463

  Mirza, Ilyas ^a   Hassan, Rana ^b   Chaudhary, Haroon ^c   Jenkins, Rachel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Qasim Clinic   (Pakistan)

^c FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33845379945     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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