Personality disorders and culture in DSM-IV: A critique

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-270

  Alarcon, Renato D ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PARANOIA; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0029907041     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.1996.10.3.260     Document Type: Review

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