Bipolar disorders in the Arab world: A critical review

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1345, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-66

  Kronfol, Ziad ^a,b,c   Khalil, Mostafa Zakaria ^b   Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Suhre, Karsten ^a   Karam, Elie ^d   McInnis, Melvin ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arab world; Bipolar disorder; Lebanon; Qatar; Review

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ARAB; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHOLOGY; QATAR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARAB WORLD; ARABS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; QATAR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84943413386     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12652     Document Type: Review

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