Tai Chi for schizophrenia: A systematic review

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 185-194

  Zheng, Wei ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Lin, Jingxia ^b   Xiang, Yingqiang ^c   Guo, Tong ^c   Chen, Qiong ^d   Cai, Dongbin ^e   Xiang, Yutao ^f  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^f University of Macau   (Macao)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic; Schizophrenia; Systematic review; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012247305     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.216051     Document Type: Review

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