Suppressing intelligence research: Hurting those we intend to help

Destructive Trends in Mental Health: The Well Intentioned Path to Harm

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 155-186

  Gottfredson, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203956229-19     Document Type: Chapter

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