Childhood familial environment, maltreatment and borderline personality disorder symptoms in a non-clinical sample: A cognitive behavioural perspective

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-37

  Carr, Steven ^a   Francis, Andrew ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Childhood maltreatment; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449622317     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13284200802680476     Document Type: Article

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