Khat chewing in persons with severe mental illness in Ethiopia: A qualitative study exploring perspectives of patients and caregivers

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 455-472

  Teferra, Solomon ^a   Hanlon, Charlotte ^b   Alem, Atalay ^c   Jacobsson, Lars ^d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Umeå University ^*

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

caregivers; khat; perspectives; qualitative research; severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MASTICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CATHA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052775209     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511408494     Document Type: Article

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