PAIN MEDICATION PRESCRIPTION AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: A PILOT STUDY

Randy A. Sansone, MD; Michelle Mueller, MD; Amy Mercer, MD; Michael W. Wiederman, MD

doi:10.5055/jom.2010.0103

Authors

Randy A. Sansone, MD
Michelle Mueller, MD
Amy Mercer, MD
Michael W. Wiederman, MD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2010.0103

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Abstract

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Author Biographies

Randy A. Sansone, MD

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio. Director, Department of Psychiatry Education, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, Ohio.

Michelle Mueller, MD

Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, Ohio.

Amy Mercer, MD

Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, Ohio.

Michael W. Wiederman, MD

Professor of Psychology, Department of Human Relations, Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina.

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