What is wrong with the DSM?

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-25

  Cooper, Rachel ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atheoretical; Classification; Diagnosis; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; Disease; DSM; Insurance natural kinds

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 4; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 1842681564     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X04039343     Document Type: Review

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