The behavioral genetics of personality disorder

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 247-274

  Livesley, W John ^a   Jang, Kerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Environment; Heritability; Personality; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 41549087923     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.4.022007.141203     Document Type: Review

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