Personality disorders: A dimensional defense mechanism approach

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-169

  Bowins, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Defense mechanisms; Personality; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; CLASSIFICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 77954099102     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2010.64.2.153     Document Type: Article

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