Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 533-541 , November 2009

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, paranoid personality disorder diagnosis: a unitary or a two-dimensional construct?

  • Erik Falkum

      Affiliations

    • The Research Department, Clinic of Mental Health, Aker University Hospital, 0320 Oslo, Norway
    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Research Department, Psychiatric Division, Aker University Hospital, 0320 Oslo, Norway.
    • ,
  • Geir Pedersen

      Affiliations

    • Department for Personality Psychiatry, Psychiatric Division, Ullevål University Hospital
    • ,
  • Sigmund Karterud

      Affiliations

    • Department for Personality Psychiatry, Psychiatric Division, Ullevål University Hospital
    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.01.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 533-541 , November 2009

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