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TREATMENT OF BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER
Treatment of
BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY
DISORDER
A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice
JOEL PARIS
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About the Author
About the Author
Joel Paris, MD, is a Research Associate at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis–
Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. Since 1994, he has been a Full
Professor at McGill University and served as Chair of its Department
of Psychiatry from 1997 to 2007. He has supervised psychiatric
evaluation with residents for over 30 years and has won many
awards for his