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,h   Bensemann, Clive ^f   Mileshkin, Cris ^g  

^a Health Waikato   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland District Health Boad ^*

^c Regional Personality Disorder Service   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e Waikato District Health Board   (New Zealand)

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

^g Mental Health Drugs and Regions Division   (Australia)

^h Mental Health Nurse   (New Zealand)

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;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CUSTODIAL CARE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK-TAKING; SELF CARE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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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