Mental health clinicians' beliefs about the biological, psychological, and environmental bases of mental disorders

Cognitive Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-182

  Ahn, Woo kyoung ^a   Proctor, Caroline C ^a   Flanagan, Elizabeth H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal explanation; Clinical reasoning; Concept; Dualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953166232     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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