Exploring the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and deliberate self-harm: The moderating roles of borderline and avoidant personality disorders

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-23

  Gratz, Kim L ^a   Tull, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis II disorders; Cocaine; Comorbidity; Emotional avoidance; Self injury; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84869088619     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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