Dissociative disorders in a psychiatric institute in India - A selected review and patterns over a decade

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 533-539

  Chaturvedi, Santosh K ^a   Desai, Geetha ^a   Shaligram, Deepika ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dissociative disorders; India; patterns; possession states

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; RISK;

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 77956526548     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764009347335     Document Type: Review

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