A comparison of life events in adolescents with major depression, borderline personality disorder and matched controls: A pilot study

Psychopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 300-306

  Horesh, Netta ^a,b   Ratner, Sharon ^a   Laor, Nathaniel ^a,c   Toren, Paz ^a,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Life events; Major depression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILD SUICIDE POTENTIAL SCALE; CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 45949096570     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000141925     Document Type: Article

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