Is the DSM's formulation of mental disorder a technical-scientific term?

Journal of Mind and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-79

  Jacobs, David H ^a  

^a Pyrysys Psychology Group   (United States)

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BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM;

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