Why are women diagnosed borderline more than men?

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-360

  Skodol, Andrew E ^a,b   Bender, Donna S ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Gender bias; Gender ratio; Gender related risk factors

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347634264     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026087410516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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