What did we learn from research on comorbidity in psychiatry? Advantages and limitations in the forthcoming DSM-V era

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 180-184

  Dell'Osso, Liliana ^a   Pini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Comorbidity; DSM V; Mood disorders; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DSM-5; DSM-IV; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 84878144617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901208010180     Document Type: Article

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