Patient factors predicting early dropout from psychiatric outpatient care for borderline personality disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 422-429

  De Panfilis, Chiara ^a   Marchesi, Carlo ^a   Cabrino, Chiara ^a   Monici, Alberto ^a   Politi, Virginia ^a   Rossi, Matteo ^a   Maggini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Early dropout; Eating disorders; General psychiatric care; Predictors of dropout; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84872418661     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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