Borderline personality disorder as seen from an attachment perspective: A review

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-253

  De Zulueta, Felicity ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW;

EID: 0032711482     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.316     Document Type: Review

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