Commentary: A network theory of mental disorders

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2017, Pages

  Jones, Payton J ^a   Heeren, Alexandre ^a,b   McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Etiology; Mental disorders; Network approach; Network theory; Psychopathology; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026838081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01305     Document Type: Note

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