Professionally indicated short-term risk-taking in the treatment of borderline personality disorder

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Krawitz, Roy ^a   Jackson, Wendy ^b   Allen, Ruth ^c   Connell, Ann ^d   Argyle, Nick ^e,g   Bensemann, Clive ^a   Mileshkin, Cris ^f  

^a Health Waikato   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland District Health Boad ^*

^c Cap Coast Hlth Mental Hlth Serv ^*  (New Zealand)

^d Regional Personality Disorder Service   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f St Vincent's Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^g Mental Health Drugs and Regions Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Medicolegal; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 1842850901     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1039-8562.2003.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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