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Obsessional Neurosis, Marriage, Sex and Fertility: Some Transcultural Comparisons

Salman Akhtar, M.D.

Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, U.S.A.

In a study of 82 obsessional neurotics, it was found that Indian obsessives, unlike their counterparts in other countries, do not display a higher than expected rate of celibacy, bachelorhood, and low fertility. Some socio-cultural explanations have been offered for these findings.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 24, No. 3, 164-166 (1978)
DOI: 10.1177/002076407802400303
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