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Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Abuse: Consequences of Comorbidity

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to examine the prognostic significance of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and substance abuse in a cohort of former inpatients screened for BPD and followed up prospectively seven years after the index admission. The impact of comorbidity on borderline psychopathology, impulsivity and psychosocial functioning was examined. The original cohort was assembled between April 1983 and December 1985. Admissions …

Authors

Links PS; Heslegrave RJ; Mitton JE; Van Reekum R; Patrick J

Journal

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 9–14

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

February 1995

DOI

10.1177/070674379504000105

ISSN

0706-7437