02143nas a2200505   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653003000055653001500085653001000100653000900110653002300119653003000142653002400172653001100196653002400207653001100231653001000242653002400252653001200276653000900288653002600297653001800323653001600341653002300357653003700380653002800417653002100445653001300466100001400479700001700493700001700510700001200527700001400539700001800553700001200571700001200583700001600595245014500611300001100756490000800767050001400775520083400789022001401623       1992                            d  c1992 Jun10aAdaptation, Psychological10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aAttitude to Health10aCross-Cultural Comparison10aDepressive Disorder10aFemale10aHospitals, Teaching10aHumans10aIndia10aInterviews as Topic10aleprosy10aMale10aMedicine, Traditional10aMental Health10aMiddle Aged10aPatient Compliance10aPsychiatric Status Rating Scales10aReligion and Psychology10aTinea Versicolor10aVitiligo1 aWeiss M G1 aDoongaji D R1 aSiddhartha S1 aWypij D1 aPathare S1 aBhatawdekar M1 aBhave A1 aSheth A1 aFernandes R00aThe Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC). Contribution to cross-cultural research methods from a study of leprosy and mental health.  a819-300 v160  aWEISS19923 a<p>The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) has been developed to elicit illness-related perceptions, beliefs, and practices in a cultural study of leprosy and mental health in Bombay. Leprosy is an especially appropriate disorder for studying the inter-relationship of culture, mental health and medical illness because of deeply rooted cultural meanings, the emotional burden, and underuse of effective therapy. Fifty per cent of 56 recently diagnosed leprosy out-patients, 37% of 19 controls with another stigmatised dermatological condition (vitiligo), but only 8% of 12 controls with a comparable non-stigmatised condition (tinea versicolor) met DSM-III-R criteria for an axis I depressive, anxiety or somatoform disorder. Belief in a humoral (traditional) cause of illness predicted better attendance at clinic.</p>  a0007-1250