The clinical characteristics of possession disorder among 20 Chinese patients in the Hebei province of China

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 360-365

  Gaw, Albert C ^a,b,e   Ding, Qin Zhang ^c   Levine, Ruth E ^d   Gaw, Hsiao Feng ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e Edith Nourse Rogers Mem Vet M ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; PSYCHOSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0031905958     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.3.360     Document Type: Article

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