Personality and comorbidity of common psychiatric disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 186, Issue MAR., 2005, Pages 190-196

  Khan, Amir A ^a   Jacobson, Kristen C ^b   Gardner, Charles O ^b   Prescott, Carol A ^b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PERSONALITY; PHOBIA; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DISEASES IN TWINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 14844290316     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.186.3.190     Document Type: Article

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