Reevaluating the distinction between Axis I and Axis II disorders: The case of borderline personality disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1509-1523

  Ruocco, Anthony C ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality; Classification; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; Personality disorders; Psychodiagnostic typologies

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SYNDROME DELINEATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28244458508     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20205     Document Type: Review

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