Religion, spirituality, and schizophrenia: A review

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-124

  Grover, Sandeep ^a   Davuluri, Triveni ^a   Chakrabarti, Subho ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Religion; schizophrenia; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899743724     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.130962     Document Type: Review

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