The heritability of Cluster B personality disorders assessed both by personal interview and questionnaire

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 848-866

  Torgersen, Svenn ^a,b   Myers, John ^d   Reichborn Kjennerud, Ted ^b,c   Røysamb, Espen ^b,c   Kubarych, Thomas S ^d   Kendler, Kenneth S ^d  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868673893     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.6.848     Document Type: Article

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