Mentalism, mechanisms, and medical analogues: Reply to Wakefield (1998)

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 853-855

  Houts, Arthur C ^a,c   Follette, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; THINKING;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PSYCHIATRY; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031723706     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.66.5.853     Document Type: Review

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