Religious delusions: Finding meanings in psychosis

Psychopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-172

  Bhavsar, Vishal ^a   Bhugra, Dinesh ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychosis; Religious delusions, clinical significance; Religious symbols; Ritual

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELUSION; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; RITUAL; SOCIETY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIOLENCE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELUSIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 42349093518     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000115954     Document Type: Review

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