Mental health

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1373-1384

  Vaillant, George E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; ACHIEVEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FORECASTING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MORALITY; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FORECASTING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0042882542     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.8.1373     Document Type: Review

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