Psychosocial treatment for severe personality disorder: 36-Month follow-up

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue OCT., 2003, Pages 356-362

  Chiesa, Marco ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^b  

^a Cassel Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141884402     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.4.356     Document Type: Article

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