DSM-III and the Politics-Science Dichotomy Syndrome. A Response to Thomas E. Schacht's "DSM-III and the Politics of Truth"

American Psychologist

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 522-526

  Spitzer, Robert L ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0001081450     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.40.5.522     Document Type: Article

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