Stability of Borderline Personality Disorder Journal Articles

abstract

• This study examines the course of illness and stability of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in a group of inpatients seen at a two-year follow-up. The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, as established by the use of the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines, did not change in 39 of the 65 subjects (60%) studied. Subjects who continued to show evidence of borderline psychopathology experienced more acute episodes of illness during the follow-up period and tended to be more involved in substance abuse. Impulsiveness and young age when first psychiatric care was received significantly predicted the presence of BPD features at follow-up.

authors

• Links, Paul
• Mitton, M Janice E
• Steiner, Meir

status

• published 

publication date

• May 1993

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Adolescent (MeSH)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Borderline Personality Disorder (MeSH)
• Child of Impaired Parents (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Follow-Up Studies (MeSH)
• Hospitalization (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Impulsive Behavior (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Middle Aged (MeSH)
• Personality Assessment (MeSH)
• Personality Development (MeSH)
• Psychiatric Status Rating Scales (MeSH)
• Psychiatry (Science Metrix)
• Risk Factors (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Child of Impaired Parents
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Hospitalization
• Humans
• Impulsive Behavior
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Development
• Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
• Risk Factors

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/070674379303800406

PubMed ID

• 8518977

start page

• 255

end page

• 259

volume

• 38

issue

• 4