Mental health research in the Arab world

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1727-1731

  Jaalouk, Doris ^a,b   Okasha, Ahmed ^c   Salamoun, Mariana M ^a   Karam, Elie G ^a,d,e  

^a Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care Beirut   (Lebanon)

^b NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arabs; Mental health; Productivity; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ARAB WORLD; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

EID: 84867956731     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0487-8     Document Type: Review

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