Sex bias in the diagnosis of personality disorders: Conceptual and methodological issues

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 1-22

  Widiger, Thomas A ^a   Spitzer, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; SEX; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0025897032     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0272-7358(91)90135-H     Document Type: Article

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