Screening for personality disorder in probationers: Validation of the Standardised Assessment of Personality-Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS)

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-68

  Pluck, G ^a   Sirdifield, C ^b   Brooker, C ^b   Moran, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856662127     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.177     Document Type: Article

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