Psychiatry interacts with contemporary western views: The DSM-III innovation and its adverse effects

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-266

  Williams, Ruth F G ^a,b   Doessel, D P ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; INNOVATION; MENTAL HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WESTERN PERCEPTION;

EID: 78149376572     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: 14701030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109028.2010.521051     Document Type: Article

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