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Childhood trauma in borderline personality disorder

·1989·American Journal of Psychiatry

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Subjects with borderline personality disorder (N = 21) or borderline traits (N = 11) and nonborderline subjects with closely related diagnoses (N = 23) were interviewed in depth regarding experiences of major childhood trauma. Significantly more borderline subjects (81%) gave histories of such trauma, including physical abuse (71%), sexual abuse (68%), and witnessing serious domestic violence (62%); abuse histories were less common in those with borderline traits and least common in the subjects with no borderline diagnosis. These results demonstrate a strong association between a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and a history of abuse in childhood.

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Venue
American Journal of Psychiatry
Published
1989-04-01
Volume
146
Issue
4
Pages
490-495
ISSN
  • 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-7228
OpenAlex
W1958083884
Cited by
1,239
References
2
FWCI
49.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
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