Personality disorders in later life: Questions about the measurement, course, and impact of disorders

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 321-349

  Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a   Balsis, Steve ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age of onset; health; lifespan development; marital adjustment; measurement; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AGED; AGING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 79953659503     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-090310-120435     Document Type: Article

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