Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 273-279 , May 2011

Interpersonal problems among 988 Norwegian psychiatric outpatients. A study of pretreatment self-reports

  • Espen Bjerke

      Affiliations

    • Østfold Hospital, Psychiatric Division, Fredrikstad, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sykehuset Østfold, Divisjon Psykisk Helsevern, DPS Moss, 1603 Fredrikstad, Norway. Tel.: +47 69 91 16 47; fax: +47 69 91 16 01.
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  • Roger Sandvik Hansen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway
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  • Ole André Solbakken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway
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  • Jon T. Monsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway

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 This work forms part of a doctoral thesis to be submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.

PII: S0010-440X(10)00095-7

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.07.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 273-279 , May 2011

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