The impact of client sexual orientation and gender on clinical judgments and diagnosis of borderline personality disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 751-770

  Eubanks Carter, Catherine ^a   Goldfried, Marvin R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Borderline personality disorder; Clinical judgment; Diagnostic bias; Gay; Human sex differences; Lesbian; Psychotherapist attitudes; Psychotherapy; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BISEXUALITY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744455170     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20265     Document Type: Article

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