Personality Disorders After Age 50: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Literature

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 55-68

  Abrams, Robert C ^a   Horowitz, Sandra V ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 85136732735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410604309-6     Document Type: Chapter

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