Controversial P-factor: Unifying Mental Illness
November 5, 2022
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as posted by the channelIs there a common psychopathology (p) factor that accounts for all mental illnesses? Join the hottest controversy in psychology and psychiatry!
LITERATURE
The seed of suffering
The p-factor is the dark matter of psychiatry: an invisible, unifying force that might lie behind a multitude of mental disorders
Alex Riley
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