A relationship between bipolar II disorder and borderline personality disorder?

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1022-1029

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hecker Psychiatry Research Center   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar II disorder; Borderline personality disorder; Hypomania; Relationship; Traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; IMPULSIVENESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD CHANGE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 42949124881     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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