Is borderline personality disorder part of the bipolar spectrum?

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Smith, Daniel J ^a   Muir, Walter J ^a   Blackwood, Douglas H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Bipolar spectrum disorders; Borderline personality disorder

Indexed keywords

MOOD STABILIZER; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 3042773968     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220490472346     Document Type: Review

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