Attitudes toward borderline personality disorder: A survey of 706 mental health clinicians

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 67-74

  Black, Donald W ^a   Blum, Nancee ^a   Pfohl, Bruce ^a   Mccormick, Brett ^a   Allen, Jeff ^a   North, Carol S ^b   Phillips, Katharine A ^c   Robins, Clive ^d   Siever, Larry ^e   Silk, Kenneth R ^f   Williams, Janet B W ^g,h   Zimmerman, Mark ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Durham VA Medical Center   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g at MedAvante   (United States)

^h NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; STAFF NURSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953007898     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s109285291200020x     Document Type: Article

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