Culture, somatization, and psychological distress: Symptom presentation in South Indian patients from a public psychiatric hospital

Psychopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 349-355

  Rao, D ^a,d   Young, M ^b   Raguram, R ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KEMPEGOWDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychological symptoms; Somatic symptoms; Somatization; Westernization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; SOMATIZATION; STIGMA;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547861696     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106312     Document Type: Article

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