Increasing staff knowledge of and improving attitudes toward patients with borderline personality disorder

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 533-535

  Miller, Sheila A ^b   Davenport, Nancy C ^b  

^a AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 0029985815     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.47.5.533     Document Type: Article

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