Do not forget culture when studying mental health

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9591, 2007, Pages 918-919

  Bass, Judith K ^a   Bolton, Paul A ^a   Murray, Laura K ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA; VIET NAM;

EID: 34548527496     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61426-3     Document Type: Note

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