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Family therapy for adolescents diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder
Author(s) -
James Anthony C.,
Vereker Margaret
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.1996.tb00050.x
Subject(s) - borderline personality disorder , sibling , psychology , psychopathology , sexual abuse , personality , psychiatry , clinical psychology , family therapy , psychotherapist , medicine , developmental psychology , poison control , injury prevention , medical emergency , psychoanalysis
The family therapy of twenty‐four cases of adolescents diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder is described. In comparison to matched psychiatric controls, the families of these adolescents were more angry and irritable and had higher rates of sexual abuse and sibling psychopathology. Relationship difficulties, in particular oscillating attachments, were frequently seen in therapy, which was more tumultuous with frequent impulsive acts of self‐harm.