Self-mutilation, severity of borderline psychopathology, and the Rorschach

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-225

  Baity, Matthew R ^a   Blais, Mark A ^b   Hilsenroth, Mark J ^c   Fowler, J Christopher ^d   Padawer, Justin R ^e  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RORSCHACH TEST; SELF MUTILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350241641     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: 00259284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/bumc.2009.73.3.203     Document Type: Article

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