Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 54-62 , January 2006

Latent structure of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition personality disorder criteria

  • Gerald Nestadt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Fang-Chi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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  • Jack Samuels

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • O. Joseph Bienvenu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Irving Reti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Paul T. Costa Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • William W. Eaton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Hygiene, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

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☆ This study was supported by National Institutes of Health grants MH50616, MH47447, and K23-MH64543 (Doctor Bienvenu).

PII: S0010-440X(05)00031-3

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.03.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 54-62 , January 2006

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