Delusions and hallucinations with religious content

Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-96

  Mohr, Sylvia ^a   Pfeifer, Samuel ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Psychiatric Clinic Sonnenhalde   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84868678494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511576843.007     Document Type: Chapter

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