Overview and analysis of the behaviourist criticism of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-77

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a   Ghaderi, Ata ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviourism; DSM IV; functional analysis; psychiatric diagnosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549157604     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13284200600690461     Document Type: Article

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