Classification of frequency distributions of diagnostic criteria scores in twelve personality disorders by the curve fitting method

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 417-423

  Lyoo, In Kyoon ^a   Youn, Tak ^a   Ha, Tae Hyon ^a   Park, Hae Song ^a   Kwon, Jun Soo ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Classification; Curve fitting model; Frequency distribution; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CURVE FITTING; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0042656528     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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