Identity Disturbance and Substance-Dependence in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

Abstract Background: Identity disturbance is one of the DSM-IV criteria for borderline personality disorder, but there has been little attention to its nature. Four subsets of identity disturbance (role absorption, painful incoherence, inconsistency and lack of commitment) have been asse...

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Main Authors: Alireza Ghaffari Nejad, Ali Kheradmand, Khatereh Toofani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2010-01-01
Series:Addiction and Health
Online Access:https://ahj.kmu.ac.ir/article_84531_d058a339e1436628db9677f8d6fafcae.pdf