Is low affect consciousness related to the severity of psychopathology? A cross-sectional study of patients with avoidant and borderline personality disorder

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-157

  Normann Eide, Eivind ^a   Johansen, Merete Selsbakk ^b   Normann Eide, Tone ^a   Egeland, Jens ^a   Wilberg, Theresa ^b,c  

^a VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT CONSCIOUSNESS; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84872793802     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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