The Philosophy of Nosology

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2017, Pages 49-71

  Zachar, Peter ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM; Latent variable; Natural classification; Natural history; Natural kind; Social construct

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; JOINT; MODERN TIMES; PSYCHIATRY; CLASSIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NATURAL HISTORY;

EID: 85019077520     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: 15485951     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032816-045020     Document Type: Article

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