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Title: Mental Illness in Jiri, Nepal
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Janardan Subedi
Sree Subedi
Robin Singh
Mark Tausig
James Ross
J. Blangero
S. Williams-Blangero
Chris L. Broughton
One Sentence Summary: The article addresses the issue of mental illness through a study of the Jirel ethnic group of Nepal.

Description: The article addresses the issue of mental illness. It argues that little effort has been devoted to mental health issues in Nepal and discusses this issue by studying a sample of 221 households with 1200 residents among the Jirel ethnic group in Jiri. The article includes the tabulated data on rates of psychiatric disorders in Jiri (Nepal) and the United States. The article provides an epidemiological description of the rates of mental disorder in Jiri, Nepal, using survey-based measurements. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2006-10-12)

Publisher Place: Kirtipur, Nepal
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Publisher URL: http://www.cnastu.org.np/
Published Date: 2000-01
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_27_jirel_09.pdf
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (2000) Vol. 27, The Jirel issue
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: English
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: Tirtha Prasad Mishra
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 27
Source Number: The jirel issue
Source Page Numbers: 105-115
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.

Format: Online resource
Print media (print or manuscript)
Media type: text
Resource Type: Article
Digital Encoding: pdf
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Date Of Record Creation: 2008-02-06 19:33:50
Date Record Checked: 2008-02-06
Date Last Modified: 2008-02-06 19:37:57
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