Clinical Utility and DSM-V

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-312

  Mullins Sweatt, Stephanie N ^a,b   Widiger, Thomas A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical utility; diagnostic construct; DSM V

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70249099174     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016607     Document Type: Article

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