Comorbidity of personality disorders with alcohol abuse

In Vivo

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-770

  Mellos, Eleftherios ^a   Ioannis, Liappas ^a   Paparrigopoulos, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Comorbidity; Personality; Personality disorders; Review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE;

ALCOHOLISM; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EXTRAVERSION; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MARITAL THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROSIS; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78649286202     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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