On the futility of psychiatric diagnostic manuals (DSMs) and the return of personal agency

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 233-243

  Sarbin, Theodore R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextualism; Diagnosis; Medicalization; Strategic actions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031511675     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-1849(97)80012-1     Document Type: Article

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