Clinical differentiation of bipolar II disorder from borderline personality disorder

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-20

  Bayes, Adam ^a   Parker, Gordon ^a   Fletcher, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

affective instability; bipolar II disorder; borderline personality disorder; emotional dysregulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER;

AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DSM-5; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84889878983     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000021     Document Type: Review

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