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Use of a Category System in the Diagnosis of Abnormal Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H.J. Walton  and
A. S. Presly
H.J. Walton
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
A. S. Presly
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee DD2 5NF
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Extract

From beginnings in imaginative literature and philosophy, the study of abnormal personality was taken up by clinicians who founded their investigations on the methods of observation and intuition. On the basis of case notes, experience and recollection, the pioneering psychiatrists constructed descriptive classifications which served as an initial taxonomy and enabled diagnostic and therapeutic work to proceed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 568 , March 1973 , pp. 259 - 268
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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