There is potential for cultural and social bias in DSM-V

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 885-887

  Caetano, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol disorders; Bias; DSM V

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LATIN AMERICA; PREJUDICE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953784638     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03308.x     Document Type: Note

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