Psychodynamic treatment for borderline personality disorder and mood disorders: A mentalizing perspective

Borderline Personality and Mood Disorders: Comorbidity and Controversy

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 223-251

  Luyten, Patrick ^a,b   Fonagy, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1314-5_13     Document Type: Chapter

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