DSM axis II: Personality disorders or adaptation disorders?

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-117

  Svrakic, Dragan M ^a   Lecic Tosevski, Dusica ^b   Divac Jovanovic, Mirjana ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c SINGIDUNUM UNIVERSITY   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Epigenetics of behavior; Personality dimensions; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; MEMORY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 57749209187     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32831a4763     Document Type: Review

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