Borderline personality disorder: Ontogeny of a diagnosis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 530-539

  Gunderson, John G ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

AFFECT; AWARENESS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 66149186888     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08121825     Document Type: Review

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