Culture and context in the evolutionary concept of mental disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 446-452

  Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a,b   Young, Allan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032767274     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.108.3.446     Document Type: Review

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