Culture and mental health in Haiti: A literature review;Culture et santé mentale en Haïti: Une revue de littérature

Sante Mentale au Quebec

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-47

  Pierre, Andrena ^b   Minn, Pierre ^b   Sterlin, Carlo ^b   Annoual, Pascale C ^b   Jaimes, Annie ^b   Raphaël, Frantz ^b   Raikhel, Eugene ^b   Whitley, Rob ^b   Rousseau, Cécile ^b   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 78649790714     PISSN: 03836320     EISSN: 17083923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/044797ar     Document Type: Review

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