Research view

Title: Cultural aspects of morbid fears in Qatari women
Author: Fakhr-El-Islam-M
Abstract:
The contents of morbid fears are patterned by cultural factors that decide the nature of the objects of the fears. Common factors in Western cultures do not obtain in local culture, which provides other objects for morbid fears in predisposed individuals.
Journal: SOC-PSYCHIATRY-PSYCHIATR-EPIDEMIOL. 29/3 (137-140) 1994