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Chapter 21 - Substance Misuse

from Section 3 - Culture and Mental Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2018

By
Shamil Wanigaratne  and
John Strang
Edited by
Dinesh Bhugra  and
Kamaldeep Bhui
Dinesh Bhugra
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
Kamaldeep Bhui
Affiliation:
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry , pp. 244 - 255
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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