The role of psychotic disorders in religious history considered

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-426

  Murray, Evan D ^a,b   Cunningham, Miles G ^a   Price, Bruce H ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIVILIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPASSIONATE USE; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DSM-IV-TR; EPILEPSY; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANOIA; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; THINKING; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 84871349615     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.11090214     Document Type: Article

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