Clinician Bias in the Diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 282-290

  Woodward, Halley E ^a   Taft, Casey T ^b,c   Gordon, Richard A ^a   Meis, Laura A ^b  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anchoring effect; borderline personality disorder; diagnostic bias; gender bias; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952102365     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017944     Document Type: Article

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