The use of DBT skills in the treatment of difficult patients in the general hospital

Psychosomatics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 421-429

  Huffman, Jeff C ^a   Stern, Theodore A ^b   Harley, Rebecca M ^b   Lundy, Nancy A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; HALOPERIDOL; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SKILL;

EID: 0041836178     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.44.5.421     Document Type: Letter

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