Field trial of a diagnostic axis for defense mechanisms for DSM-IV

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-68

  Perry, J Christopher ^a,b   Hoglend, Per ^c   Shear, Katherine ^d   Vaillant, George E ^e   Horowitz, Mardi ^f   Kardos, Marianne E ^a   Bille, Henrik ^g   Kagan, Denise ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Heritage Hospital   (United States)

^c Psychiatric Institute   (Norway)

^d Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031956006     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.1998.12.1.56     Document Type: Article

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