Divergences between clinical and research methods for assessing personality disorders: Implications for research and the evolution of axis II

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 895-903

  Westen, Drew ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; TAXONOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030920544     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.7.895     Document Type: Article

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