Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Assessment of Personality Disorders in Older Adults

Personality Disorders in Older Adults: Emerging Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 135-150

  Mroczek, Daniel K ^a   Hurt, Stephen W ^b   Berman, William H ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410604309-10     Document Type: Chapter

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