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Affective Disorders in Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Widad Bazzoui
Widad Bazzoui*
Affiliation:
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. Shamma'eeyah Mental Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
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Already an extensive literature exists on affective disorders, particularly depressive illness, in various developing countries of the world (Carothers, 1947; Tooth, 1950; Lambo, 1956 and 1960; Asuni, 1962; Pfeiffer, 1962 and 1963; Yap, 1965). Different authors have commented on different aspects of these disorders, and variations in their incidence, symptomatology and course have aroused widespread speculation regarding possible cultural influences on aetiology and clinical picture.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 117 , Issue 537 , August 1970 , pp. 195 - 203
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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