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Borderline Personality Disorder - Epidemiology
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Definition of 'Borderline Personality Disorder'A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV) Common names: Borderline Personality Disorder; Disorder, Borderline Personality; Borderline Personality Disorders; Disorders, Borderline Personality; Personality Disorders, Borderline; Personality Disorder, Borderline |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Psychometric analysis of the self-harm inventory using Rasch modelling.
17 Aug 2009 
BACKGROUND: Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) is the intentional destruction of healthy body tissue without suicidal intent. DSH behaviours in non-clinical populations vary, and instruments containing a range of behaviours may be more informative than ones ... Read more...
16 Jul 2009 The study aimed to examine the association of impulsivity and screening positively for borderline personality disorder (BPD+) as risk factors for suicide attempts among opioid-dependent individuals. The study used a case-control design with 775 ... Read more...
10 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND/AIMS: Differences in the clinical presentation of men and women with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are of potential interest for investigations into the neurobiology, genetics, natural history, and treatment response of BPD. The ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Borderline Personality Disorder - Epidemiology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Psychometric analysis of the self-harm inventory using Rasch modelling. 17 Aug 2009
- Impulsivity and borderline personality as risk factors for suicide attempts among opioid-dependent individuals. 16 Jul 2009
- ["Borderline" personality disorder]
29 Jun 2009 - Gender differences in axis I and axis II comorbidity in patients with borderline personality disorder. 10 Jun 2009
- Reliability and validity of the Borderline Evaluation of Severity Over Time (BEST): a self-rated scale to measure severity and change in persons with borderline personality disorder. 30 May 2009
- Adult attachment, personality traits, and borderline personality disorder features in young adults. 30 May 2009
- Recidivistic offending and mortality in alcoholic violent offenders: a prospective follow-up study. 18 May 2009
- Identification of risk factors for self-injurious behavior in male prisoners. 29 Apr 2009
- Borderline personality disorder: ontogeny of a diagnosis. 29 Apr 2009
- Borderline personality disorder comes of age. 29 Apr 2009
- The age distribution of self-reported personality disorder traits in a household population. 30 Mar 2009
- Truth as a way of developing and preserving the space for thinking in the minds of the patient and the analyst. 30 Mar 2009
- Assessment of borderline personality features in population samples: is the Personality Assessment Inventory-Borderline Features scale measurement invariant across sex and age? 27 Feb 2009
- Age at onset of bipolar disorder and risk for comorbid borderline personality disorder. 27 Feb 2009
- Health-related quality of life in bereaved HIV-positive adults: relationships between HIV symptoms, grief, social support, and Axis II indication. 27 Feb 2009
- [New ways of treatment of borderline patients with suicidal crisis] 9 Feb 2009
- Analytic strategies for understanding affective (in)stability and other dynamic processes in psychopathology. 30 Jan 2009
- Borderline personality disorder and childhood trauma: evidence for a causal relationship. 30 Jan 2009
- Detecting individuals with borderline personality disorder in the community: an ascertainment strategy and comparison with a hospital sample. 30 Jan 2009
- Emotion dysregulation as a core feature of borderline personality disorder. 30 Jan 2009
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Technical information about 'Borderline Personality Disorder'
Definition: A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV)
Descriptor UI: D001883
Alternative terms: Borderline Personality Disorder; Disorder, Borderline Personality; Borderline Personality Disorders; Disorders, Borderline Personality; Personality Disorders, Borderline; Personality Disorder, Borderline;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: F03.675.100;
History Note: 90(81); was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1981-89
Technical Notes: "borderline" is a psychiatric diag: follow text