Values in the definition of mental disorder

Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 2-4

  Bolton, Derek ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

definition; mental disorder; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049147979     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/psyt.3.3.2.30682     Document Type: Article

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