Heartache of the state, enemy of the self: Bipolar disorder and cultural change in urban China

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-450

  Ng, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; China; Cognitive orientation; Cultural change; Emotion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHINA; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHINA; COGNITION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349685108     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-009-9144-4     Document Type: Article

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