Severity of personality disorders and domains of general personality dysfunction related to attachment

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 195-207

  Hengartner, Michael P ^a   von Wyl, Agnes ^a   Tanis, Thachell ^b   Halmi, Winter ^c   Galynker, Igor ^b   Cohen, Lisa J ^b  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Autism Matters   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937736905     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.1297     Document Type: Article

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