Relationship problems and the DSM: Needed improvements and suggested solutions

World Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Heyman, Richard E ^a   Smith Slep, Amy M ^a   Beach, Steven R H ^b   Wamboldt, Marianne Z ^c   Kaslow, Nadine J ^d   Reiss, David ^e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; DSM IV; Partner and child maltreatment; Relational problems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 62549140526     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2009.tb00198.x     Document Type: Article

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