Defining mental disorder in DSM-V

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1779-1782

  First, M B ^a   Wakefield, J C ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM IV; DSM V; harmful dysfunction; mental disorder definition

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650308776     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709992339     Document Type: Note

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