Wittgenstein's philosophy and a dimensional approach to the classification of mental disorders - A preliminary scheme

Psychopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 126-129

  Mackinejad, Kioumars ^a   Sharifi, Vandad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Language game; Mental disorders, classification; Wittgenstein

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY; GAME; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW;

AUSTRIA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 33645471741     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091797     Document Type: Review

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