What is psychopathology? And so what?

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-248

  Bergner, Raymond M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal; Definition; Eclectic; Mental disorder; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000338246     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.1997.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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