Dimensional models of personality disorder: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition and beyond

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-56

  Trull, Timothy J ^a   Tragesser, Sarah L ^a   Solhan, Marika ^a   Schwartz Mette, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical utility; Dimensional models; Personality disorder; Personality pathology

Indexed keywords

COMPULSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS V; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODEL; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33845423924     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328010c838     Document Type: Review

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