Quality of life and mental health in Chinese culture

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Xiang, Yu Tao ^a,b   Chiu, Helen Fk ^a   Ungvari, Gabor S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; Mental health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CITALOPRAM; QUETIAPINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 74349117018     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328333d60f     Document Type: Review

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