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PDFResponses to DSM-5
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When psychiatric diagnosis becomes an overworked tool
- Correspondence to Professor George Szmukler, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK; george.szmukler{at}kcl.ac.uk
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When psychiatric diagnosis becomes an overworked tool
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- Received August 13, 2013
- Revised September 24, 2013
- Accepted October 26, 2013
- First published November 15, 2013.
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April 27, 2016
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