Personality disorders and physical health: A longitudinal examination of physical functioning, healthcare utilization, and health-related behaviors in middle-aged adults

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 524-538

  Powers, Abigail D ^a   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 84864699190     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.4.524     Document Type: Article

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