What is in a name? Professionals and service users' opinions of the Hebrew terms used to name psychiatric disorders and disability

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Levav, Itzhak ^a,c   Shemesh, Annarosa A ^a   Kohn, Robert ^b   Baidani Auerbach, Alona ^a   Boni, Orly ^a   Borenstein, Yehudit ^a   Dudai, Ronit ^a   Lachman, Max ^a   Grinshpoon, Alexander ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Israel)

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EID: 33645282512     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
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