Executive function and suicidal risk in women with Borderline Personality Disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-108

  LeGris, Jeannette ^a,b   Links, Paul S ^a,c,d   Van Reekum, Robert ^a,d   Tannock, Rosemary ^a,d,e   Toplak, Maggie ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borderline Personality Disorder; Executive function; Iowa Gambling Task; SSRT; Stroop interference; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR INHIBITION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROOP TEST; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE R; VARIANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE;

EID: 84860641814     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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