Pathways to high-lethality suicide attempts in individuals with borderline personality disorder

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-362

  Chesin, Megan S ^a   Jeglic, Elizabeth L ^a   Stanley, Barbara ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; High lethality suicide attempt; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BORDERLINE STATE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 78449241314     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2010.524054     Document Type: Article

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