Mental disorders as "brain diseases" and Jaspers' legacy

World Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84877693531     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20000     Document Type: Editorial

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