Spirituality and Religion in Epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 636-643

  Devinsky, Orrin ^a   Lai, George ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSENSUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEOCORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEIZURES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 40849135851     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.11.011     Document Type: Review

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