Borderline Personality Symptomatology as a Mediator of the Link Between Child Maltreatment and Adult Suicide Potential

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-51

  Allen, Brian ^a   Cramer, Robert J ^b   Harris, Paige B ^b   Rufino, Katrina A ^c  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

borderline personality; child maltreatment; mediation; suicide potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873622458     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.748413     Document Type: Article

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