Psychopharmacology in a Globalizing World: ThE Use of Antidepressants in Japan

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-322

  Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

affective disorder; bioethics; culture; depression; Japan; mood; psychopharmacology; Zen Buddhism

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

AWARENESS; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; DYSPHORIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY; ETHICS; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE; MATURATION; MEDICAL CARE; MORALITY; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLITICS; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036710598     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150203900302     Document Type: Article

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