Suicidal risk and management in borderline personality disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-85

  Goodman, Marianne ^a   Roiff, Tracey ^b   Oakes, Allison H ^c   Paris, Joel ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; BPD; Management; Medicolegal; Risk assessment; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGGRESSION; BORDERLINE STATE; COMORBIDITY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84857725386     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0249-4     Document Type: Review

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