Stability and change in personality disorder

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Clark, Lee Anna ^a,b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Personality disorder; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849131551     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01600.x     Document Type: Article

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