An examination of DSM-IV borderline personality disorder symptoms and risk for death by suicide: A psychological autopsy study

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-92

  McGirr, Alexander ^a,b   Paris, Joel ^b   Lesage, Alain ^c   Renaud, Johanne ^d   Turecki, Gustavo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective instability; Borderline personality disorder; Completed suicide; Dissociation; Paranoid ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MORTALITY; PARANOIA; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 60849096386     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400206     Document Type: Article

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