DSM-5 and the General Definition of Personality Disorder

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-183

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; DSM 5; Harmful dysfunction; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878460727     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-012-0402-5     Document Type: Article

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