Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 458-461 , September 2010

Being bullied in childhood: correlations with borderline personality in adulthood

  • Randy A. Sansone

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio
    • Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sycamore Primary Care Center, Miamisburg, Ohio, 45342. Tel.: +1 937 384 6850; fax: +1 937 384 6938.
    • ,
  • Charlene Lam

      Affiliations

    • Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio
    • ,
  • Michael W. Wiederman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Relations at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina

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 There are no acknowledgements, and there was no funding for this study.

PII: S0010-440X(10)00005-2

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.02.002

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 458-461 , September 2010

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