The boundary between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder: Current concepts and challenges

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 551-556

  Magill, Chandra A ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Bipolar disorder; Borderline personality disorder

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 4544303652     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370404900806     Document Type: Review

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