Severe (psychopathic) personality disorder: A review

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-207

  Moss, Kate ^a   Prins, Herschel ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33747089328     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.46.3.190     Document Type: Review

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