Are psychiatric diagnoses an obstacle for research and practice? Reliability, validity and the problem of psychiatric diagnoses. The case of GAD

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-15

  Faravelli, Carlo ^a   Castellini, Giovanni ^b   Landi, Monica ^b   Brugnera, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Symptoms; Synrome

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84859922497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901208010012     Document Type: Article

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