Comprehensive Psychiatry
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The dissociative experiences of borderline patients

  • Mary C. Zanarini

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mary C. Zanarini, Ed.D., McLean Hospital. 115 Mill St, Belmont, MA 02478.
    • From the Laboratory for the Stud y of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA,USA
    • Department of Psychiatty, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,USA
    • ,
  • Tilla Ruser

      Affiliations

    • From the Laboratory for the Stud y of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA,USA
    • Department of Psychiatty, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,USA
    • ,
  • Frances R. Frankenburg

      Affiliations

    • From the Laboratory for the Stud y of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA,USA
    • Department of Psychiatty, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,USA
    • ,
  • John Hennen

      Affiliations

    • From the Laboratory for the Stud y of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA,USA
    • Department of Psychiatty, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,USA

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 Supported in part by National Instinue of Mental Health Grant No. MH-47588.

PII: S0010-440X(00)90051-8

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(00)90051-8

Comprehensive Psychiatry
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