Stability and change in millon clinical multiaxial inventory II personality disorder scores in treated alcohol dependent subjects: Relationship to post-treatment abstinence

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-262

  Hesse, Morten ^a   Nielsen, Per ^a   Røjskjær, Steffen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; MCMI II; Personality disorders; Stability; Test retest

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547827995     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-006-9047-3     Document Type: Article

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