Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 462-470 , September 2010

Is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, histrionic personality disorder category a valid construct?

  • Jonas F. Bakkevig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Personality Psychiatry, Ulleval University Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway
    • Division Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Personality Psychiatry, Ulleval University Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway. Tel.: +47 40218580.
    • ,
  • Sigmund Karterud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Personality Psychiatry, Ulleval University Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway
    • Faculty of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.11.009

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 462-470 , September 2010

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