Mental state identification, borderline pathology, and the neglected role of childhood trauma

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 61-71

  Weinstein, Shauna R ^a   Meehan, Kevin B ^a   Cain, Nicole M ^a   Ripoll, Luis H ^b,c   Boussi, Ayelet R ^a,c   Papouchis, Nicholas ^a   Siever, Larry J ^a   New, Antonia S ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Childhood trauma; Mental state identification; Mentalization; RMET

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954396149     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/per0000139     Document Type: Article

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