Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 603-615 , November 2008

Factors associated with co-occurring borderline personality disorder among inner-city substance users: the roles of childhood maltreatment, negative affect intensity/reactivity, and emotion dysregulation

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
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