Belief in transmigration of the soul and psychopathology in Israeli Druze. A culture-sensitive psychotherapeutic approach

Psychopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-58

  Iancu, Iulian ^a,d   Spivak, Baruch ^b,d   Mester, Roberto ^b,d   Weizman, Abraham ^c,d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RELIGION;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONVERSION DISORDER; CULTURE; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SYRIA;

EID: 0031962491     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029023     Document Type: Article

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