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Cultural Specificity in Patterns of Mental Illness and Health: A Slovak‐American Case Study
Author(s) -
STEIN HOWARD F.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1973.00069.x
Subject(s) - slovak , mental health , mental illness , psychology , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , czech
Mental illness and mental health are conceptualized as dynamic opposites o/a single, underlying psycho‐cultural process. An illustrative case history of a Slovak‐American family with a schizophrenic member is presented.