DSM biases evident in clinical training and courtroom testimony

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 604-617

  Gopal, Abilash A ^a,b   Bursztajn, Harold J ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Harvard Medical School ^*  (United States)

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