On the "infallibility" of psychopathology and its implications for action

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2151-2154

  Alexopoulos, George S ^a  

^a The Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CROSS FERTILIZATION; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WORKING MEMORY;

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SCIENCE;

EID: 9744228659     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.12.2151     Document Type: Editorial

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