Jinni Possession: A clinical enigma in mental health

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 476-478

  Muhammad Gadit, Amin A ^a   Callanan, T S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; CULTURE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MENTAL DISORDERS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SHAMANISM;

EID: 33845416043     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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