Borderline or bipolar? Distinguishing borderline personality disorder from bipolar spectrum disorders

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 140-145

  Paris, Joel ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Bipolar spectrum disorders; Borderline personality disorder

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 3042852863     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220490472373     Document Type: Review

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