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The search for dysfunctions

A commentary on ‘What is a mental/psychiatric disorder? From DSM-IV to DSM-V’ by Stein et al. (2010)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2010

B. Verhoeff  and
G. Glas
B. Verhoeff
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, GGZinGeest/Jeugdriagg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
G. Glas*
Affiliation:
Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands Dimence, Institute of Mental HealthZwolle, The Netherlands
*
*Address for correspondence: G. Glas, Professor of Philosophical Aspects of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. (Email: [email protected])
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Keywords

ContextDSM-5dysfunctionsmental disordervalues
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Commentary
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 40 , Issue 11 , November 2010 , pp. 1787 - 1788
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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