The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP): Making personality diagnosis clinically meaningful

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-55

  Shedler, Jonathan ^a,c   Westen, Drew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SHEDLER WESTEN ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34547796790     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701357092     Document Type: Review

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