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Chapter 27 - Culture and Schizophrenia

from Section 3 - Culture and Mental Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2018

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Thomas Stompe  and
David Holzer
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Dinesh Bhugra  and
Kamaldeep Bhui
Dinesh Bhugra
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Institute of Psychiatry, London
Kamaldeep Bhui
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Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry , pp. 329 - 337
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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