The interface between religion and psychosis

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Ng, Felicity ^a  

^a BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis; Phenomenology; Psychopathology; Psychosis; Religion

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34248213176     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560601083118     Document Type: Review

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