The Effect of Paroxetine on Taijinkyofusho: A Report of Three Cases

Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-267

  Kobayashi, Nobuhisa ^a   Kurauchi, Sachi ^a   Sawamura, Takehito ^a   Shigemura, Jun ^a   Sano, Shin Ya ^a   Nomura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELUSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF ESTEEM; SHAME; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TAIJINKYOFUSHO; THOUGHT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXETINE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SHAME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0142031002     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.66.3.262.25158     Document Type: Article

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