Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 2, Supplement 1 , Pages 8-13 , March 2000

Plato versus Aristotle: Categorical and dimensional models for common mental disorders

  • David Goldberg

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sir David Goldberg, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK.
    • From the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK.

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 2, Supplement 1 , Pages 8-13 , March 2000

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