Identity disturbance in borderline personality disorder: An empirical investigation

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 528-541

  Wilkinson Ryan, Tess ^b   Westen, Drew ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING; SEXUAL ABUSE;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IDENTITY CRISIS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0034025772     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.4.528     Document Type: Article

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