Confidence in psychodiagnosis: What makes us so sure?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 292-298

  Smith, J David ^a   Dumont, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 14644392858     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.336     Document Type: Article

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