Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 400-405 , September 2007

Borderline personality disorder in male and female offenders newly committed to prison

  • Donald W. Black

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Psychiatry Research/2-126B MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Tel.: +1 319 353 4431; fax: +1 319 353 3003.
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  • Tracy Gunter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • ,
  • Jeff Allen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • ,
  • Nancee Blum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • ,
  • Stephan Arndt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation, Oakdale, IA 52242, USA
    • Depatment of Biostatistics, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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  • Gloria Wenman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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  • Bruce Sieleni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • Iowa Department of Corrections, Iowa Medical and Classification Center, Oakdale, IA 52319, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.04.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 400-405 , September 2007

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