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Psychiatry in Algeria

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Ihsan Al-Issa
Ihsan Al-Issa*
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The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the development of psychiatry in the Arab countries. Several reports have dealt with psychiatric problems in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (Al-Issa & Al-Issa, 1970; Kline, 1963; Dubovsky, 1983). Two general reviews have also dealt with major psychiatric research in the Arab Middle East (El-Islam, 1982; Racy, 1970). However, the countries surveyed have been under British and American influence and tend to follow the Anglo-Saxon psychiatric model. Little attention has been given to North African Arab countries which follow the French and franco-phone approach to psychiatry.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , May 1989 , pp. 240 - 245
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