'The myth of mental illness:' Continuing controversies and their implications for mental health professionals

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 733-756

  Dammann, Eric J ^a  

^a WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EGO DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIST; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030715027     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(97)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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