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The lessons I learned as a psychiatrist from my transcultural work in low- and middle-income countries

Transcultural observations offer an opportunity to study attitude to mental illness in different societies and family structures. The disparity between industrialised and lower-income societies reflects greater tolerance due to the ability of extended families to compensate for the patient's li...

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Autor principal: Leff, Julian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31144685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2017.35
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Sumario:Transcultural observations offer an opportunity to study attitude to mental illness in different societies and family structures. The disparity between industrialised and lower-income societies reflects greater tolerance due to the ability of extended families to compensate for the patient's limitations.