Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 496-502 , November 2009

A comparison of life events in suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents and young adults with major depression and borderline personality disorder

  • Netta Horesh

      Affiliations

    • Tel-Aviv-Brull Community Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv 67197, Israel
    • Department of Psychology Clinical Division, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
    • ,
  • Tali Nachshoni

      Affiliations

    • Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, POB 1, Beer Yaakov 70350, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 54 6316669; fax: +972 3 6437129.
    • ,
  • Leo Wolmer

      Affiliations

    • Tel-Aviv-Brull Community Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv 67197, Israel
    • ,
  • Paz Toren

      Affiliations

    • Tel-Aviv-Brull Community Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv 67197, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.01.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 496-502 , November 2009

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