Theory of mind and psychiatry: An introduction

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-122

  Ang, Giap Kian ^a   Pridmore, Saxby ^b  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Human evolution; Primate society; Schizophrenia; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BORDERLINE STATE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; EVOLUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67650308943     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560802375982     Document Type: Article

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