Pragmatism instead of mechanism: A call for impactful biological psychiatry

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 631-632

  Paulus, Martin P ^a  

^a LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHIATRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLISM; PROGNOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84937415858     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0497     Document Type: Short Survey

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