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The Lifetime Course of Borderline Personality Disorder

The Lifetime Course of Borderline Personality Disorder

Robert S Biskin, MDCM1 1 Staff Psychiatrist, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. Correspondence: Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, 4333 Côte-Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal, QC H3T 1E4; robert.biskin@mcgill.ca. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has historically been seen as a lifelong, highly disabling disorder. Research during the past 2 decades has challenged this assumption. This paper reviews the course of BPD throughout life, including…

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The Lifetime Course of Borderline Personality Disorder

The Lifetime Course of Borderline Personality Disorder

Can J Psychiatry. 2015 Jul; 60(7): 303–308. doi:  10.1177/070674371506000702 PMCID: PMC4500179 PMID: 26175388 Robert S Biskin, MDCM1 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has historically been seen as a lifelong, highly disabling disorder. Research during the past 2 decades has challenged this assumption. This paper reviews the course of BPD throughout life, including childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. BPD can…

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Psychopathy in women: theoretical and clinical perspectives

Psychopathy in women: theoretical and clinical perspectives

Rolf Wynn,1,2 Marita H Høiseth,1 and Gunn Pettersen3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Prior research on psychopathy has primarily focused on the problem in men. Only a few studies have examined whether psychopathy even exists in women, and if so, how the disorder manifests itself in them. This paper presents a narrative review of the literature on gender and psychopathy. We briefly discuss why this…

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Psychopathy in women: theoretical and clinical perspectives

Psychopathy in women: theoretical and clinical perspectives

International Journal of Women’s Health Open Access Full Text Article Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research   R E v IEW This article was published in the following Dove Press journal: International Journal of Women’s Health 30 May 2012   Rolf Wynn1,2 Marita H Høiseth1 Gunn Pettersen3 1Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Division of Addiction and Specialized Psychiatric Services, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway; 2Telemedicine Research Group, Department of  Clinical Medicine,  3Department  of  Health and Care Sciences,…

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