A personality disorder of excessive power strivings

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-15

  Charny, Israel W ^a,b  

^a Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030627098     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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