A comparison of depressed patients with and without borderline personality disorder: Implications for interpreting studies of the validity of the bipolar spectrum

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 763-772

  Galione, Janine ^a   Zimmerman, Mark ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RHODE ISLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650430108     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.6.763     Document Type: Article

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