Is self disturbance the core of borderline personality disorder? An outcome study of borderline personality factors

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-222

  Meares, Russell ^a,b   Gerull, Friederike ^c   Stevenson, Janine ^d   Korner, Anthony ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Mental Health Sciences Centre   (Australia)

^c Mental Health Sciences Centre   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Westmead/Cumberland Hospitals   (Australia)

Author keywords

borderline personality; Conversational Model; self; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERSATIONAL MODEL; CONVERSATIONAL MODEL COHORT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF DISTRUBANCE; SPEECH; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79952298812     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.551280     Document Type: Article

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