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Conduct Disorder and the specifier callous and unemotional traits in the DSM-5

Authors: Floortje E. Scheepers, Jan K. Buitelaar, Walter Matthys

Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Issue 2/2011

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Preparations for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) are ongoing. Publication is planned in May 2013 and as part of the developmental process the preliminary draft revisions are now available for public review on the internet (http://www.dsm5.org). …

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Title: Conduct Disorder and the specifier callous and unemotional traits in the DSM-5
Authors: Floortje E. Scheepers
Jan K. Buitelaar
Walter Matthys
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 1018-8827
Electronic ISSN: 1435-165X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-010-0149-x

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