Diagnosis, psychiatry and neurology: The case of Huntington Disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 858-865

  Halpin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Diagnosis; Huntington Disease; Mental health and illness; Neurology; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPISTEMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 80052267881     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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