Causal hypotheses are useful in medicine, also more limited ones – a response to Robyn Bluhm on 'capacities in psychiatry'

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 19 (3):562-563 (2013)
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This is a response to the response by Robyn Bluhm to my paper, and I am again arguing for a limited role of capacities in psychiatry, given the current scientific uncertainties.

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