Borderline personality disorder and childhood trauma: Evidence for a causal relationship

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Ball, Jeffrey S ^a   Links, Paul S ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 59249095349     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-009-0010-4     Document Type: Review

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