DSM-5: An Overview of Changes and Controversies

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-154

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical social work; Depressive disorders; Diagnosis; DSM 5; Harmful dysfunction; Mental disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878445432     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-013-0445-2     Document Type: Review

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