Effects of diagnostic classification systems on clinical hypothesis-generation

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-70

  Vermande, Marjolijn M ^a,b   Van Den Bercken, John H ^a   De Bruyn, Eric E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child Behavior Checklist; DSM III R; Hypothesis generation; Psychopathological classification systems; Qualitative characteristics of clinical hypotheses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029996573     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02229102     Document Type: Article

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