Do antidepressants affect the self? A phenomenological approach

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-166

  Svenaeus, Fredrik ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Attunement; Embodiment; Martin Heidegger; Phenomenology; Self; SSRIs; Thomas Fuchs

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; EGO; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PHILOSOPHY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; EGO; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 34250622044     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-007-9060-8     Document Type: Article

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