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Title: Traditional interpretation and treatment of mental illness in an Arab psychiatric clinic
Author: El-Islam, M. Fakhr; Ahmed, Samia A.
Abstract:
Studied traditional interpretations of commonly entertained beliefs and rituals in a sample of 153 arab psychiatric patients. Ritual practices associated significantly with illiterary and with the presence of observable disorders of behavior. The belief t
Journal: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 2(3), Sep 1971: 301-307