Biomedical bias of the American psychiatric association

Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-159

  Double, Duncan B ^a,b,c,d  

^a Norfolk Waveney Mental Hlth P   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Critical Psychiatry Network   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; IPRINDOLE; NORADRENALIN; RESERPINE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWINS;

EID: 84862466063     PISSN: 1523150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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