Borderline personality symptoms differentiate non-suicidal and suicidal self-injury in ethnically diverse adolescent outpatients

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J ^a   Ertelt, Troy W ^b   Miller, Alec L ^c   Claes, Laurence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adolescents; borderline personality disorder; ethnicity; Non suicidal self injury; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CONFUSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONFUSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 78651508847     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02305.x     Document Type: Article

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