An unruly coming of age: ThE benefits of discomfort for global mental health

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 531-538

  Swartz, Leslie ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DSM-III; DSM-IV; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84866842724     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461512454810     Document Type: Article

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