Boundary issues and personality disorders

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-96

  Gutheil, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Board of registration; Boundary crossings; Boundary violations; Civil litigation; Dependent personality disorder; Ethics complaints; Fiduciary duty; Histrionic personality disorder; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 16344374873     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00131746-200503000-00003     Document Type: Review

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