Professional attitudes towards deliberate self-harm in patients with borderline personality disorder

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 578-584

  Treloar, Amanda J Commons ^a   Lewis, Andrew J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Clinical training; Professional attitudes; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 47649124074     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802119796     Document Type: Article

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