The lack of negative affects as an indicator for identity disturbance in borderline personality disorder: A preliminary report

Psychopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 399-404

  Walter, Marc ^a   Berth, Hendrik ^d   Selinger, Joseph ^a   Gerhard, Urs ^a   Küchenhoff, Joachim ^a,b   Frommer, Jörg ^e   Dammann, Gerhard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KBC Rebro   (Croatia)

^c Psychiatric Clinic   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affectivity; Borderline personality disorder; Content analysis; Identity disturbance; Major depressive disorder; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY DISTURBANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70349262648     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000241196     Document Type: Article

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