A systematic review of explanatory models of illness for psychosis in developing countries

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 450-462

  Bhikha, Aqeela G ^a   Farooq, Saeed ^b   Chaudhry, Nasim ^a   Husain, Nusrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISORIENTATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSY; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PARANOIA; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84867516625     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2012.711746     Document Type: Review

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