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Personality Disorders

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Professor Salvatore R. Maddi has provided one of the most comprehensive and concise conceptualizations of personality to date. According to Maddi (1980)

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  1. Psychology Department, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 60185, USA

    T. Mark Harwood (Director of Clinical Training, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology)

  2. Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, 33 Gilmer Street, Atlanta, GA, 30303-3082, USA

    Luciano L’Abate

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Harwood, T.M., L’Abate, L. (2010). Personality Disorders. In: Self-Help in Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1099-8_11

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