A critique of Vaillant's concept of positive mental health;Il concetto di salute mentale: Una critica a Vaillant

Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-96

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysfunction; Mental disorder; Philosophical foundations; Positive mental health; Values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 28444452188     PISSN: 03942864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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