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The disease entity in psychiatry: fact or fiction?

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Abstract
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The current debate concerning the forthcoming revisions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) lacks sufficient historical perspective on groundwork concepts in psychiatry, such as the nature of the disease entity, categorical typologies, dimensional models and their validity and utility.

Year of Publication
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2012
Journal
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Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
Volume
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21
Issue
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3
Number of Pages
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255-64
ISSN Number
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2045-7960
URL
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2045796012000339/type/journal_article
DOI
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10.1017/S2045796012000339
Short Title
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Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci
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