Borderline symptoms and suicidality/self-injury in late adolescence: Prospectively observed relationship correlates in infancy and childhood

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 273-281

  Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^a   Bureau, Jean Francois ^a,b   Holmes, Bjarne ^a,c   Easterbrooks, Ann ^d   Brooks, Nancy Hall ^a,e  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Borderline personality disorder; Longitudinal; Maltreatment; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027921727     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.030     Document Type: Article

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