Personality Disorders: New Perspectives on Diagnostic Validity (Progress in Psychiatry)

By John M. Oldham

An overview of the concept of construct validity which reviews arguments for and against the use of longitudinal data and biological markers to validate personality disorder diagnoses. The book addresses questions about validity as applied to the personality disorders DSM-III or DSM-III-R.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880481137
• ISBN13: 9780880481137
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Length: 197 Pages