Medicine and psychiatry in Western culture: Ancient Greek myths and modern prejudices

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-

  Fornaro, Michele ^a   Clementi, Nicoletta ^b   Fornaro, Pantaleo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLACEBO EFFECT; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 70449512609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-8-21     Document Type: Article

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