Personality dysfunction and employment dysfunction: Double, double, toil and trouble

Psychiatry (Edgemont)

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 12-16

  Sansone, Randy A ^a,b   Sansone, Lori A ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis II disorders; Employment; Functionality; Personality disorders; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 77956092516     PISSN: 15505952     EISSN: 15555194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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