Compensation neurosis: A too quickly forgotten concept?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 390-398

  Hall, Ryan C W ^a,b,c   Hall, Richard C W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866332833     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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