Fifty years of psychiatric nomenclature: Reflections on the 1943 war Department Technical Bulletin, Medical 203

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 935-967

  Houts, Arthur C ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM IV; Medical 203; Psychiatric nomenclatare; War Department

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; REVIEW;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0033933779     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(200007)56:7<935::AID-JCLP11>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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