Plate tectonics in the classification of personality disorder: Shifting to a dimensional model

American Psychologist

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-83

  Widiger, Thomas A ^a   Trull, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Diagnostic categories; Personality disorder classification; Psychiatry; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 33847369456     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.62.2.71     Document Type: Article

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