Diagnosing DSM-IV - Part II: Eysenck (1986) and the essentialist fallacy

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 651-665

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0030989877     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(97)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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