scholarly journals The significance of anxiety symptoms in predicting psychosocial functioning across borderline personality traits

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0245099
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Howard ◽  
Robinson De Jesu´s-Romero ◽  
Allison Peipert ◽  
Tennisha Riley ◽  
Lauren A. Rutter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Psychosocial Dysfunction ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Core Feature

Emotion regulation is a central task of daily life. Difficulty regulating emotions is a core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD), one of the most common and impairing personality disorder diagnoses. While anger and symptoms of depression are instantiated in the criteria for BPD, anxiety is not, despite being among the most common psychiatric symptoms. In a sample of online respondents (N = 471), we explored the interactions between anxiety symptoms and BPD traits in predicting well-being (WHO-5) as well as poorer work and social adjustment (WSAS), while controlling for anger and depression. We hypothesized that anxiety would lead to more impairment (i.e., lower well-being and poorer work and more difficulties with work and social adjustment) as BPD traits increased. BPD traits and symptoms of anxiety both contributed to overall lower levels well-being and higher levels of psychosocial dysfunction. However, contrary to our expectations, at higher (vs. lower) levels of BPD traits, symptoms of anxiety were less conducive to lower well-being on the WHO-5. For the WSAS, there was no consistent evidence for an interaction between BPD traits and anxiety in predicting functioning. By and large, our results do not support the idea that anxiety contributes to more impairment at higher levels of BPD traits.

scholarly journals The significance of anxiety symptoms in predicting psychosocial functioning across borderline personality traits

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Howard ◽  
Robinson De Jesús-Romero ◽  
Allison Peipert ◽  
Tennisha N. Riley ◽  
Lauren A. Rutter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Psychosocial Dysfunction ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Core Feature

Emotion regulation is a central task of daily life. Difficulty regulating emotions is a core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD), one of the most common and impairing personality disorder diagnoses. While anger and symptoms of depression are instantiated in the criteria for BPD, anxiety is not, despite being among the mostcommon psychiatric symptoms. We explored the interactions between anxiety symptoms and BPD traits in predicting well-being (WHO-5) as well as poorer work and social adjustment (WSAS), in a sample of online respondents (N = 471) while controlling for anger and depression. We hypothesized that anxiety would lead to more impairment (i.e., lower well-being and poorer work and social adjustment) as BPD traits increased. BPD traits and symptoms of anxiety both contributed to overall lower levels well-being and higher levels of psychosocial dysfunction. However, contrary to our expectations, at higher (vs. lower) levels of BPD traits, symptoms of anxiety did not contribute to lower well-being on the WHO-5. For the WSAS, there was no consistent evidence for an interaction between BPD traits and anxiety in predicting functioning. By and large, our results do not support the idea that anxiety contributes to more impairment at higher levels of BPD traits.

scholarly journals Impact of Psychotherapy on Psychosocial Functioning in Borderline Personality Disorder Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soheil Zahediabghari ◽  
Philippe Boursiquot ◽  
Paul Links
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Reference List ◽  
General Functioning

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) significantly impairs functioning. Fortunately, effective treatments are available for borderline symptoms but their effect on functioning should be assessed. The objective of this meta-analysis is to assess the effect of specifically-designed versus non-specifically designed psychotherapies on function in adult patients with BPD. The reference list of Cristea et al. 2017 was used to identify the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the BPD-specifically-designed psychotherapy versus non-specific psychotherapies in adult BPD patients. Among those, RCTs assessing post-treatment functioning using the Global Assessment of Functioning, Social Adjustment Scale–Self-Report and Inventory of Interpersonal Problems were included. Ten trials (880 participants) were included. Summary effect size was calculated using the measured Hedge’s g. The results indicate the BPD patients in the intervention group had a significantly higher (g = 0.41; 95% CI, 0.09–0.73) level of psychosocial functioning after receiving the specifically-designed psychotherapies in comparison with BPD patients in control groups after receiving non-specific psychotherapies. Specifically-designed psychotherapies can improve psychosocial functioning although improvement in measurement of function (i.e., more objective and universal tools) and improvement in psychotherapies (i.e., more focused on general functioning) will be helpful.

scholarly journals The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the well-being of clients of a specialist personality disorder service

2021 ◽  
pp. 103985622110570
Author(s):  
Heidari Parvaneh ◽  
Broadbear Jillian H ◽  
Cheney Lukas ◽  
Dharwadkar Nitin P ◽  
Rao Sathya
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
The Impact

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the well-being of people with severe borderline personality disorder (BPD) during the first wave of COVID-19 social restrictions. Method Clients of an outpatient specialist personality disorder clinic ( n = 77) were invited to the study. An online survey was conducted including a range of open-ended questions exploring well-being and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) which assesses ‘coronaphobia’. Qualitative data were analysed using inductive content analysis with NVivo software. CAS data were analysed descriptively using SPSS version 25. Results Thirty-six surveys were completed (48% response rate). Many participants experienced significant challenges to their overall well-being during lockdown although some reported improvements in psychosocial functioning. Three participants (8.3%) experienced clinically significant ‘coronaphobia’. Conclusion The self-reported physical and mental health of participants with BPD demonstrated resilience, suggesting that the capacity to maintain treatment via telehealth helped to mitigate many of the adverse aspects of social restrictions. This study was conducted during the first wave of social restrictions; subsequent studies will reveal longer-term effects of extended community lockdowns.

Shame in Borderline Personality Disorder: Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement A) ◽  
pp. 149-161
Author(s):  
Tzipi Buchman-Wildbaum ◽  
Zsolt Unoka ◽  
Robert Dudas ◽  
Gabriella Vizin ◽  
Zsolt Demetrovics ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Moderator Variables ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
Ptsd Symptomatology

Shame has been found to be a core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). To date, there is no existing systematic review or meta-analysis examining shame in individuals with BPD as compared to healthy controls (HCs). A meta-analysis of 10 studies comparing reported shame in BPD patients to HCs was carried out. Demographic and clinical moderator variables were included to see if they have a relationship with the effect size. Results showed that those with BPD had more reported shame than healthy controls. In addition, in BPD patients and HCs, higher education level was related to lower reported shame. In HCs, it was found that those who were younger reported a higher level of shame. Finally, among BPD patients, there was a relationship between levels of reported shame and elevated PTSD symptomatology. These findings emphasize the clinical relevance of shame in individuals with BPD and the need to formulate psychotherapeutic strategies that target and decrease shame.

scholarly journals Engagement Complications of Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder: Navigating Through a Zone of Turbulence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyne Desrosiers ◽  
Micheline St-Jean ◽  
Lise Laporte ◽  
Marie-Michèle Lord
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Grounded Theory Method

Abstract Objective: Premature treatment discontinuation is a widespread phenomenon in child and adolescent mental health services that impacts treatment benefits and costs of care. Adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are heavy users of health care services and notoriously difficult to engage in treatment. However, there is hardly any data regarding this phenomenon with these youths. Considering that BPD treatment is associated with intense and chaotic therapeutic processes, exploring barriers emerging in the course of treatment could be relevant. Thus, conceptualizing treatment dropout as a process evolving from engagement to progressive disengagement, and ultimately to dropout, could highlight the mechanisms involved. The aim of this study was to describe the process of treatment disengagement and identify warning signs that foreshadow dropouts of adolescents with BPD. Method: A constructivist grounded theory method was used. This method has been favoured based on the assumption that the behaviours and decisions leading to disengagement may be better informed by the subjective experience of treatment. Thirty-three interviews were conducted to document 11 treatment trajectories with 3 groups of informants (9 adolescents with BPD 13-17 of age, 11 parents, and 13 clinicians). Results: Well before dropout occurs, different phenomena identified as “engagement complications” characterize the disengagement process. These unfold according to a three-step sequence starting with negative emotions associated with the appropriateness of treatment, the therapeutic relationship or the vicissitudes of treatment. These emotions will then generate treatment interfering attitudes that eventually evolve into openly disengaged behaviours. These complications, which may sometimes go unnoticed, punctuate the progression from treatment engagement to disengagement leading the way towards the development of a “zone of turbulence” which creates a vulnerable and unstable therapeutic process presenting risk for late dropout. Conclusion: Engagement of adolescents with BPD is neither static nor certain, but on the contrary, subject to their fluctuating perceptions. Therefore, it can never be taken for granted. Clinicians must constantly pay attention to emergent signs of engagement complications. Maintaining the engagement of adolescents with BPD should be a therapeutic objective akin to reducing symptomatology or improving psychosocial functioning, and should therefore be given the same attention.

Telehealth Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder in a Partial Hospital Setting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparative Safety, Patient Satisfaction, and Effectiveness of In-Person Treatment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Mark Zimmerman ◽  
Madeline Ward ◽  
Catherine D'Avanzato ◽  
Julianne Wilner Tirpak
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Level Of Care ◽  
Hospital Level ◽  
Partial Hospital

There are no studies of the safety and effectiveness of telehealth psychiatric treatment of partial hospital level of care, in general, and for borderline personality disorder (BPD) in particular. In the present report from the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) project, the authors compared the effectiveness of their partial hospital treatment program in treating patients with BPD. For both the in-person and telehealth partial hospital level of care, patients with BPD were highly satisfied with treatment and reported a significant reduction in symptoms from admission to discharge. Both groups reported a significant improvement in functioning, coping ability, positive mental health, and general well-being. A large effect size of treatment was found in both treatment groups. No patients attempted suicide. Telehealth partial hospital treatment was as effective as in-person treatment in terms of patient satisfaction, symptom reduction, and improved functioning and well-being for patients with BPD.

Self-Mutilation and Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Borderline Personality Disorder

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret S. Andover ◽  
Carolyn M. Pepper ◽  
Karen A. Ryabchenko ◽  
Elizabeth G. Orrico ◽  
Brandon E. Gibb
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Self Mutilation
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