Behavioral and molecular genetic contributions to a dimensional classification of personality disorder

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-155

  Livesley, W John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COVARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SADISM;

GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 18044376791     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.19.2.131.62631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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