Culture and hallucinations: Overview and future directions

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2014, Pages

  Laroi, Frank ^a   Luhrmann, Tanya Marie ^b   Bell, Vaughan ^c   Christian, William A ^d   Deshpande, Smita ^e   Fernyhough, Charles ^f   Jenkins, Janis ^g   Woods, Angela ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; ethnography; hallucination; psychosis; religion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEREAVEMENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATALEPSY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; ETHNOLOGY; HALLUCINATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; CULTURE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84902594760     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu012     Document Type: Article

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