Body modifications in borderline personality disorder patients: prevalence rates, link with non-suicidal self-injury, and related psychopathology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a potentially severe personality disorder, characterized by difficulties in emotion regulation and control of behaviors. It is often associated with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). Borderline personality features have also been linked to body modifications (BMs). However, the prevalence of BMs, the link between BMs and NSSI, and between BMs and several psychopathology dimensions (e.g. borderline severity, emotion regulation, impulsivity …) remains understudied in patients with BPD. This study aims to fill this gap, and to provide further evidence on the link between NSSI and BMs.

Methods

We used data from a psychiatric outpatient center located in Switzerland (n = 116), specialized in the assessment and treatment of BPD pa

SUBMITTER: Blay M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979398 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature