Mental illness is not "an illness like any other"

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-436

  Albee, George W ^a   Joffe, Justin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological defects; Diagnosis; Illness; Mental illness; Social causation

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; RESERPINE;

ATTENTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3543043195     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOPP.0000024799.04666.8b     Document Type: Review

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