Under the axis II radar: Clinically relevant personality constellations that escape DSM-IV diagnosis

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 477-483

  Blagov, Pavel S ^a   Bradley, Rebekah ^a   Westen, Drew ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis II; Classification; Diagnosis; Personality disorders; Q factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPIRICISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSESSION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; Q-SORT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34250660942     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318064e824     Document Type: Article

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