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Names: American Psychiatric Association, author, publisher. | American Psychiatric Association. Work Group on Borderline Personality Disorder. Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder.
Title: The American Psychiatric Association practice guideline for the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder.
Other titles: Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder
Description: Second edition. | Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association, [2025] | Preceded by Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder / [Work Group on Borderline Personality Disorder]. c2001. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024020490 (print) | LCCN 2024020491 (ebook) | ISBN 9780890427095 (paperback) | ISBN 9780890427101 (ebook)
Subjects: MESH: Borderline Personality Disorder--therapy | Psychotherapy--methods | Practice Guideline
Classification: LCC RC569.5.B67 (print) | LCC RC569.5.B67 (ebook) | NLM WM 190.5.B5 | DDC 616.85/85206--dc23/eng/20240603
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