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Personality disorders and mood disorders: perspectives on diagnosis and classification from studies of longitudinal course and familial associations.
Journal of personality disorders - 1 Feb 2010
Skodol Andrew E, Shea M Tracie, Yen Shirley, White Candace N, Gunderson John G
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The results of three rigorous studies of the naturalistic course of personality disorders indicate the following: (1) personality psychopathology improves over time at unexpectedly significant rates; (2) particular maladaptive personality traits are more stable than personality disorder diagnoses; (3) although personality psychopathology improves, residual effects are usually seen in the form of persistent...
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