What kinds of things are psychiatric disorders?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1143-1150

  Kendler, K S ^a,d   Zachar, P ^b   Craver, C ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Essentialism; kinds; philosophy; psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CAUSALITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 79956004871     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001844     Document Type: Article

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