Issues in the psychopharmacologic assessment and treatment of the orthodox Jewish patient

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 954-965

  Feinberg, S Shalom ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEFESH International   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLOZAPINE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; LAW; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 29444459597     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S109285290001052X     Document Type: Review

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