Suicide attempts in patients with borderline personality disorder. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Among 180 patients with DSM-III borderline personality disorder, patients with concurrent affective and substance use disorders had a higher rate of serious suicide attempts than other patients. Clinicians should be alert to axis I disorders in assessing suicide potential in borderline patients.

publication date

  • June 1, 1988

Research

keywords

  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Personality Disorders
  • Suicide, Attempted

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023899830

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1176/ajp.145.6.737

PubMed ID

  • 3369563

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 145

issue

  • 6