Lack of breastfeeding and bpdschwarze et al. Lack of breastfeeding: A potential risk factor in the multifactorial genesis of borderline personality disorder and impaired maternal bonding

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 610-626

  Schwarze, Cornelia E ^a,b   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^b   Stroehle, Verena ^a,c   Lieb, Klaus ^a   Mobascher, Arian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84942115883     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2014_28_160     Document Type: Article

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