"Make-believes" in Psychiatry, Or, The Perils of Progress

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Publisher : Bruner Meisel U
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Download or read book "Make-believes" in Psychiatry, Or, The Perils of Progress written by Herman Meïr Praag and published by Bruner Meisel U. This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An assessment of the recent biological and psychological revolutions in psychiatry. The text evaluates the positive aspects and pitfalls of the advances made between 1960 and 1992 and critiques the expanding system of discrete and defined disorders, suggesting that some are make believes.


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