Can clinicians recognize DSM-IV personality disorders from five-factor model descriptions of patient cases?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-433

  Rottman, Benjamin M ^a   Ahn, Woo Kyoung ^a   Sanislow, Charles A ^b   Kim, Nancy S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FIVE FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; SOCIAL WORKER; SYMPTOM; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 64949199590     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08070972     Document Type: Article

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