Language, Culture and Psychopathology: ConceptuaL and Methodological Issues

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-311

  Westermeyer, Joseph ^a   Janca, Aleksandar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

culture; equivalence; language; psychopathology; translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998085927     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346159703400301     Document Type: Article

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