Expressive language disturbance in borderline personality disorder in response to emotional autobiographical stimuli

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-321

  Carter, Phoebe E ^a   Grenyer, Brin F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH;

EID: 84862202731     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.3.305     Document Type: Article

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