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Suicide Attempts in Major Depressed Patients with Personality Disorder
Author(s) -
Amore Mario,
Innamorati Marco,
Vittorio Cristina Di,
Weinberg Igor,
Turecki Gustavo,
Sher Leo,
Paris Joel,
Girardi Paolo,
Pompili Maurizio
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12059
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychoanalysis
Suicide attempters who met criteria for borderline personality disorder ( BPD ) comorbid with major depressive disorder ( MDD ) were compared to both suicide attempters suffering from MDD alone and to attempters with comorbid MDD and other personality disorders ( PD ). Participants were 239 (158 patients with comorbid PD and 81 patients with MDD without comorbidity) inpatients consecutively admitted after a suicide attempt made in the last 24 hours. Suicide attempters with comorbid MDD and BPD had more frequent previous suicide attempts and were more likely to have a history of aggressive behaviors and alcohol and drug use disorders compared with patients suffering from MDD without A xis II comorbidity.