Borderline personality disorder and prior suicide attempts define a severity gradient among hospitalized adolescent suicide attempters.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and history of prior suicide attempt (SA) have been shown to be high predictors for subsequent suicide. However, no previous study has examined how both factors interact to modify clinical and suicide severity among adolescents.

Methods

This study presents a comprehensive assessment of 302 adolescents (265 girls, mean age = 14.7 years) hospitalized after a SA. To test clinical interactions between BPD and history of prior SA, the sample was divided into single attempters without BPD (non-BPD-SA, N = 80), single attempters with BPD (BPD-SA, N = 127) and multiple attempters with BPD (BPD-MA, N = 95).

Results

Univariate analyses revealed a severity gradient among the 3 groups with an additive effect of BPD on the clinical

SUBMITTER: Aouidad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643473 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature