A Complex Network Perspective on Clinical Science

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 597-605

  Hofmann, Stefan G ^a   Curtiss, Joshua ^a   McNally, Richard J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complex networks; nosology; psychopathology; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84989233475     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691616639283     Document Type: Article

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