Experience of Psychosis in Javanese Culture: Reflections on a Case of Acute Recurrent Psychosis in Contemporary Yogyakarta, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Good, Byron J., Subandi, M.A.
• Format: Book Section PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2004
• Subjects: Psychology; Cultural Studies
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/97144/1/experience%20of%20psychosis%20in%20javanese%20culture.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/97144/
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

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