Taxometric Methods and the Classification and Comorbidity of Mental Disorders: Methodological and Conceptual Considerations

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 534-541

  Brown, Timothy A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Nosology; Taxometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346977727     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy.8.4.534     Document Type: Review

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