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Mitchell G. Weiss
Researcher at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Publications - 169
Citations - 8856
Mitchell G. Weiss is an academic researcher from Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 167 publications receiving 8096 citations. Previous affiliations of Mitchell G. Weiss include University of Toronto & University of Basel.
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Health-related stigma: rethinking concepts and interventions.
TL;DR: A working definition of health-related stigma is proposed that emphasizes the particular features of target health problems and the role of particular social, cultural and economic settings in developing countries.
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Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database
Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross,Mitchell G. Weiss,Mariann Ring,Urs Hepp,Matthias Bopp,Felix Gutzwiller,Wulf Rössler +6 more
TL;DR: It was showed that pesticide suicide and firearm suicide replaced traditional methods in many countries, and the present evidence indicates that restricting access to the means of suicide is more urgent and more technically feasible than ever.
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Bovine tuberculosis: an old disease but a new threat to Africa.
TL;DR: The impact of bovine TB on the health of animals and humans in Africa is examined to examine the impact of M. bovis in human TB cases.
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Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC): Framework for Comparative Study of Illness
TL;DR: The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) as discussed by the authors is a collection of locally adapted explanatory model interviews rooted in a common framework, which was developed by the authors of this paper.
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The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC). Contribution to cross-cultural research methods from a study of leprosy and mental health.
Mitchell G. Weiss,D. R. Doongaji,S. Siddhartha,David Wypij,Soumitra Pathare,M. Bhatawdekar,A. Bhave,A. Sheth,Richard Fernandes +8 more
TL;DR: The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue has been developed to elicit illness-related perceptions, beliefs, and practices in a cultural study of leprosy and mental health in Bombay and Belief in a humoral (traditional) cause of illness predicted better attendance at clinic.