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The meaning and role of the functional-organic distinction: a study of clinicians in psychiatry and neurology services

2023-03-29

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<h4>Aims</h4> The functional-organic distinction attempts to differentiate disorders with diagnosable biological causes from those without and is a central axis on which diagnoses, medical specialities, and services are organised. Previous studies report poor agreement between clinicians regarding the meanings of the terms and some of the conditions to which they apply, while noting the value-laden implications of...

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Literature Corpus work: cd34a361-f3f6-5cde-834f-d7cb4699d33b
DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.29.23287901

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