Suicide Attempts in Major Depressed Patients with Personality Disorder

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.