Classifying personality disorder according to severity

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-330

  Crawford, Michael J ^a   Koldobsky, Nestor ^b   Mulder, Roger ^c   Tyrer, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959684475     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2011.25.3.321     Document Type: Review

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