The nature of psychiatric disorders

World Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-12

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; DSM 5; Homeostatic property clusters; ICD 10; Pragmatism; Psychiatric disorders; Realism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTIVISM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PESSIMISM; PHILOSOPHY; PRAGMATISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REALISM; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84964974483     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20292     Document Type: Article

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