Personality disorder diagnostic thresholds correspond to different levels of latent pathology

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-127

  Balsis, Steve ^a   Lowmaster, Sara ^a   Cooper, Luke D ^a   Benge, Jared F ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 79951829435     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2011.25.1.115     Document Type: Article

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