Religious Delusions in a Xhosa Schizophrenia Population

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1555-1562

  Connell, Alida ^a   Koen, Liezl ^a   Niehaus, Dana ^a   Cloete, Karen J ^a   Jordaan, Esme ^b,c   Botha, Ulla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Religiosity; Religious delusions; Schizophrenia; South Africa; Xhosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84937969726     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-014-9860-0     Document Type: Article

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