Assessing personality disorders using a systematic clinical interview: Evaluation of an alternative to structured interviews

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-369

  Westen, Drew ^a   Muderrisoglu, Serra ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SHEDLER WESTEN ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE 200; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0141742577     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.17.4.351.23967     Document Type: Article

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