Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 3 , Pages 273-277 , 15 April 2008

An MRI study of pituitary volume and parasuicidal behavior in teenagers with first-presentation borderline personality disorder

  • Martina Jovev

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Belinda Garner

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Lisa Phillips

      Affiliations

    • School of Behavioural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Dennis Velakoulis

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Stephen J. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Brain Research Institute, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Henry J. Jackson

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • School of Behavioural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Christos Pantelis

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Patrick D. McGorry

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ORYGEN Youth Health, Northwestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Andrew M. Chanen

      Affiliations

    • ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ORYGEN Youth Health, Northwestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. ORYGEN Research Centre, Locked Bag 10, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052. Tel.: +61 3 9342 2800; fax: +61 3 9387 3003.

Received 28 November 2007 ,Accepted 18 December 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00251-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.12.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 3 , Pages 273-277 , 15 April 2008

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