Defining the mechanisms of borderline personality disorder

Psychopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 56-63

  Clarkin, John F ^a   Posner, Michael ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Personality disorder; Psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ATTENTION; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERAMENT;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 18644367080     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084812     Document Type: Review

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