Revising and assessing axis II, part II: Toward an empirically based and clinically useful classification of personality disorders

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-285

  Westen, Drew ^a   Shedler, Jonathan ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; Q-SORT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032983825     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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