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Catching the moving target of adolescent personality and its disorders. A commentary on the article (doi:10.1007/s40519-017-0368-y) by Gaudio and Dakanalis: What about the assessment of personality disturbance in adolescents with eating disorders?

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  1. Department of Psychology, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway

    Jan H. Rosenvinge & Oddgeir Friborg

  2. Regional Center for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

    Sabine Kaiser & Monica Martinussen

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Rosenvinge, J.H., Friborg, O., Kaiser, S. et al. Catching the moving target of adolescent personality and its disorders. A commentary on the article (doi:10.1007/s40519-017-0368-y) by Gaudio and Dakanalis: What about the assessment of personality disturbance in adolescents with eating disorders?. Eat Weight Disord 22, 559–561 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-017-0402-0

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