Mathematical models as an aid for improving the validity of descriptive psychiatry

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 335-336

  Goodyer, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANALYSIS; ANXIETY; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSPHORIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOOD DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; THEORY; VALIDITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868320014     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.109538     Document Type: Review

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