Psychiatry limited: Hyperactivity and the evolution of American Psychiatry, 1957-1980

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 541-559

  Smith, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Biological psychiatry; Childhood; History of psychiatry; Hyperactivity; Mental health; Psychoanalysis; Social psychiatry; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749163610     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkn060     Document Type: Article

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