Clinical correlates of hwa-byung and a proposal for a new anger disorder

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 125-141

  Kil Min, Sung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anger; Anger disorder; Anger syndrome; Hwa byung

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUOXETINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANGER; ANGER DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HWA BYUNG; KOREA; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 54849436321     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2008.5.3.125     Document Type: Review

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