Mental disorders are not brain disorders

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 509-513

  Banner, Natalie F ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jaspers; mental disorder; psychiatric classification; psychiatry; psychological realism; stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONALITY; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 84878278153     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12048     Document Type: Article

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