Advances in the Conceptualization of Personality Disorders: Issues Affecting Social Work Practice and Research

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-162

  Lanier, Paul ^a   Bollinger, Sarah ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical social work; DSM 5; Five factor model; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878466160     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-011-0333-6     Document Type: Review

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