Adjustment Disorder as a Marginal or Transitional Illness Category in DSM-III

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 567-572

  Fabrega, Horacio ^a   Mezzich, Juan E ^a   Mezzich, Ada C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANUALS; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0023217038     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800180087013     Document Type: Article

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