What is Mental Disorder?

What is Mental Disorder?
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 333
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ISBN-10 : 9780198565925
ISBN-13 : 0198565925
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Book Synopsis What is Mental Disorder? by : Derek Bolton

Download or read book What is Mental Disorder? written by Derek Bolton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-07 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a new edition of the 'bibles' of psychiatric diagnosis - the ICD and DSM - under development, it is timely to take a step back and evaluate how we diagnose and define mental disorder. This new book by Derek Bolton tackles the problems involved in the definition and boundaries of mental disorder.


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