The social-cognitive basis of BPD: A theory of hypermentalizing

Handbook of Borderline Personality Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 211-225

  Sharp, Carla ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0591-1_15     Document Type: Chapter

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