Use of alternative therapy by psychiatric inpatients

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-166

  Kruszkowski, Monika ^a   Malti, Tina ^c   Modestin, Jiri ^b  

^a Kantonale Psychiat Klinik Waldhaus   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Complementary therapies; Mental patients; Munich Personality Test; Traditional therapies

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; MUNICH PERSONALITY TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141782384     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500310001842     Document Type: Article

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