Defense mechanisms reported by patients with borderline personality disorder and axis II comparison subjects over 16 years of prospective follow-up: Description and prediction of recovery

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-120

  Zanarini, Mary C ^a   Frankenburg, Frances R ^a   Fitzmaurice, Garrett ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84872056226     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12020173     Document Type: Article

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