Psychiatry and politics in Pelotas, Brazil: The Equivocal quality of conduct disorder and related diagnoses

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-482

  Béhague, Dominique P ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class conflict; Conduct disorder; Medicalization; Politics; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70849126299     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2009.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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