Reliability and validity of the Borderline Evaluation of Severity Over Time (BEST): A self-rated scale to measure severity and change in persons with borderline personality disorder

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-293

  Pfohl, Bruce ^a   Blum, Nancee ^a   St John, Don ^a   McCormick, Brett ^a   Allen, Jeff ^a   Black, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THINKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 67649218448     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2009.23.3.281     Document Type: Article

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