The concept of mental disorder: An african perspective

World Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 166-167

  Njenga, Frank ^a  

^a Upperhill Medical Center   (Kenya)

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BELIEF;

EID: 35748970497     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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