The case for retaining borderline personality disorder as a psychiatric diagnosis

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-100

  Paris, Joel ^a   Silk, Kenneth R ^b   Gunderson, John ^c   Links, Paul S ^d   Zanarini, Mary ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 67650603245     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.73     Document Type: Note

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