Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 239-245 , July 2005

Longitudinal comparison of depressive personality disorder and dysthymic disorder

  • John C. Markowitz

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 543 6283; fax: +1 212 746 5951.
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  • Andrew E. Skodol

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Eva Petkova

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Hui Xie

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Jianfeng Cheng

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • David J. Hellerstein

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • John G. Gunderson

      Affiliations

    • McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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  • Charles A. Sanislow

      Affiliations

    • Yale Psychiatric Research Institute and Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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  • Carlos M. Grilo

      Affiliations

    • Yale Psychiatric Research Institute and Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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  • Thomas H. McGlashan

      Affiliations

    • Yale Psychiatric Research Institute and Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519, USA

Received 27 May 2004 ,Accepted 17 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.09.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
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