Normative warrant in diagnostic criteria: The case of DSM-IV-TR personality disorders

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-180

  Sadler, John Z ^a,b   Fulford, Bill ^a  

^a UT Southwestern ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33646261137     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2006.20.2.170     Document Type: Review

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