A dimensional model of personality disorder

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-43

  Widiger, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Dimensional; Five factor model; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 14744298741     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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