Postmodernism and psychiatry

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 673-677

  Bracken, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Postmodern; Postpsychiatry; Self; Service user

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; MENTAL HEALTH; NOMENCLATURE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; THEORY;

EID: 0242559102     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200311000-00012     Document Type: Review

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