Traditional Chinese religious beliefs and superstitions in delusions and hallucinations of Chinese schizophrenic patients

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-111

  Yip, Kam Shing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese religious beliefs and superstition; Subjective psychotic experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELUSION; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIST; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 0037926367     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764003049002003     Document Type: Article

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