Borderline Personality Disorder in Four Different Age Groups: A Cross-Sectional Study of Community Residents in Germany

Abstract The aim of this study was to determine if suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury can be predicted by the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and if non-suicidal self-injury predicts suicidality in young adult females. In this cross-sectional study, 150 undergraduate females (mean age 20.47±3.17) were conveniently sampled and assessed on McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised, and the Inventory of Statements about Self-injury. Borderline Personality features significantly predicted suicidal ideation and behaviour (?=.383, p<.001) and non-suicidal self-injury (?.282, p<.01). Likewise, non-suicidal self-injury was positively associated with suicidality (r =.330, p<.01). Even sub-threshold BPD features in a non-clinical population may be predictive of suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury. Future research should be based on the management and interventional strategies for tested constructs. Further, screening measures need to be introduced to better detect population at risk of subclinical BPD, suicidal ideation and self-injury. Keywords: Suicidal, Self-injury, Continuous...

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Personality Disorders in the Elderly Compared to Four Younger Age Groups: A Cross-sectional Study of Community Residents And Mental Health Patients

Journal of Personality Disorders ◽

10.1521/pedi.17.5.447.22971 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 447-459 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Gemma I. Engels ◽

Inge J. Duijsens ◽

Rimke Haringsma ◽

Cornelis M. van Putten

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Personality Disorders ◽

Age Groups ◽

The Elderly ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Younger Age ◽

Mental Health Patients ◽

Community Residents

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Psychotherapy via Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia–Experience of Clients with a Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v14n1p29 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 29

Author(s):

Nitin P Dharwadkar ◽

Jillian H Broadbear ◽

Parvaneh Heidari ◽

Lukas Cheney ◽

Sathya Rao

Keyword(s):

Borderline Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Online Survey ◽

Video Conferencing ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Technical Issues ◽

Receive Treatment ◽

Study Participants

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the transition to, and experience of, telehealth in people with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). METHOD: A cross-sectional study using an online survey was conducted in a specialist clinic for personality disorders in March-May 2020. RESULTS: Thirty-seven clients (48% response rate) completed the survey. Two participants (5.4%) were decided not to receive treatment via telehealth. Transitioning from in-person to telehealth, the majority of participants had few or no technical issues (51.4%). Telephone, video-conferencing and a mix of telephone and video-conferencing were used. Positive and negative experiences were endorsed asking about the effectiveness of telehealth. While some participants were whether unsure (32%) or not (19%) interested in telehealth following pandemic, half acknowledged the presence of telehealth (54.8%) and wanted to have the option of telehealth following pandemic (48.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Despite some shortcomings associated with telehealth, almost every client continued to attend appointments and half of the study participants wanted to have the option of telehealth in the future. Healthcare policymakers and mental health managers should consider the challenges described in this study while developing telehealth guidelines to best support people experiencing problems living with the psychiatric diagnoses of BPD.

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