Empathy and alexithymia in borderline personality disorder: Clinical and laboratory measures

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 660-675

  New, Antonia S ^a,b   aan het Rot, Marije ^b   Ripoll, Luis H ^b   Mercedes Perez Rodriguez, M ^b   Lazarus, Sophie ^b   Zipursky, Emma ^b   Weinstein, Shauna R ^b   Koenigsberg, Harold W ^a,b   Hazlett, Erin A ^b   Goodman, Marianne ^a,b   Siever, Larry J ^a,b  

^a James J Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866886691     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.5.660     Document Type: Article

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