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A brief critique of the pseudo-diagnosis ‘complex emotional needs’: commentary, Videler

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2025

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Arjan C. Videler*
Affiliation:
PersonaCura, Clinical Centre of Excellence for Personality and Developmental Disorders in Older Adults, GGZ Breburg, Tilburg, the Netherlands Tranzo, Scientific Centre for Care and Wellbeing of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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Correspondence: Arjan C. Videler. Email: a.c.videler@tilburguniversity.edu
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Personality disorderscomplex emotional needsstigma

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 227 , Issue 2 , August 2025 , pp. 577 - 578
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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