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Physique, Personality and Mental Illness in the Southern Chinese

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

K. Singer ,
P. T. Chang  and
G. L. K. Hsu
K. Singer
Affiliation:
Hong Kong Psychiatric Centre, University of Hong Kong Bonham Road, Hong Kong
P. T. Chang
Affiliation:
formerly of Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong
G. L. K. Hsu
Affiliation:
formerly of Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong
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Studies on the relationship between physical constitution, personality and mental illness have been mostly confined to the Caucasian race. There has been no investigation, to our knowledge, of Oriental subjects, though a number of investigations of body type, composition and physiological functions without relation to mental aspects have been carried out on them. It is clearly important that work in this field should be extended to include subjects of different racial composition and socio-cultural background. The intercorrelations found between physical and mental characteristics in Caucasians may not apply to others.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 121 , Issue 562 , September 1972 , pp. 315 - 319
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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