An empirically based classification of personality pathology: Where we are now and where do we go

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-98

  Widiger, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Dimensional; Personality; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSIS; NOTE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDITY;

EID: 34248998113     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2007.00066.x     Document Type: Note

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