The DSM-5 classification of mood disorders: Some fallacies and fault lines

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 404-409

  Parker, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; EDITORIAL; GRIEF; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS;

EID: 84900003346     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12253     Document Type: Editorial

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