Borderline personality disorder: A review and reformulation from evolutionary theory

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 382-386

  Molina, Juan D ^a   López Muñoz, Francisco ^b   Stein, Dan J ^c,d   Martín Vázquez, María José ^a   Alamo, Cecilio ^b   Lerma Carrillo, Iván ^e   Andrade Rosa, Cristina ^f   Sánchez López, María V ^a   Calle Real, Mario de la ^a  

^a Hospital Dr Rodríguez Lafora   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e La Robleda Psychiatric Sanatory   (Spain)

^f Los Castillos Health Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ANIMALS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67649859507     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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