Koran reading and negotiation with jinn: Strategies to deal with mental ill health among Swedish Somalis

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 741-755

  Johnsdotter, Sara ^a   Ingvarsdotter, Karin ^a   Östman, Margareta ^a   Carlbom, Aje ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mental ill health; Religion; Somalis; Traditional classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052643578     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.521144     Document Type: Article

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