Treating patients with two or more personality disorders: An introduction

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-138

  Dimaggio, Giancarlo ^a   Norcross, John C ^b  

^a Terzo Centro di Psicoterapia Cognitiva   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis II; Comorbidity; Personality disorders; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW;

COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749092409     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20447     Document Type: Review

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