Assessing suicidal youth with antisocial, borderline, or narcissistic personality disorder

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 301-310

  Links, Paul S ^a   Gould, Brent ^a   Ratnayake, Ruwan ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Borderline personality disorder; Narcissistic personality disorder; Suicidal behaviour; Suicide; Youth

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 0038608899     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304800505     Document Type: Review

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