Article
A family study of outpatients with borderline personality disorder and no history of mood disorder.
Journal of personality disorders - 1 Jan 2000
Riso L P, Klein D N, Anderson R L, Ouimette P C
Abstract excerpt
While several studies have examined psychiatric disorders in the relatives of individuals with borderline personality disorder, many of these studies have not employed a family study methodology and suffer from other methodological shortcomings. Thus, the conclusions from family data addressing the validity of borderline personality disorder, its relation to other conditions, and its distinction from mood...
Topics
- Adult
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Interview, Psychological
- Male
- Mental Disorders
- Models, Psychological
- Mood Disorders
