Qigong-induced mental disorders: A review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-206

  Ng, Beng Yeong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Altered consciousness; China; Mental disorders; Qigong; Trance

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

BREATHING EXERCISES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0032905188     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00536.x     Document Type: Review

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