Discriminating among subgroups of borderline personality disorder: An assessment of object representations

American Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-175

  Tramantano, Gerald ^a,b   Javier, Rafael Art ^a   Colon, Mirna ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of object representations; Borderline assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EGO PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0038038643     PISSN: 00029548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024079115405     Document Type: Article

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