Horsefeathers: A commentary on 'evolutionary versus prototype analyses of the concept of disorder'

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 433-437

  Sadler, John Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; POLITICS; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIETY;

EID: 0032774119     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.108.3.433     Document Type: Article

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