Diagnosing borderline personality disorder: Examination of how clinical indicators are used by professionals in the health setting

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Commons Treloar, Amanda Jane ^a   Lewis, Andrew J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Clinical indicators; Diagnosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649277521     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13284200802392536     Document Type: Article

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