Descriptive and Longitudinal Observations on the Relationship of Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder
Author(s) -
John G. Gunderson,
Igor Weinberg,
Maria T. Daversa,
Karsten Kueppenbender,
Mary C. Zanarini,
M. Tracie Shea,
Andrew E. Skodol,
Charles A. Sanislow,
Shirley Yen,
Leslie C. Morey,
Carlos M. Grilo,
Thomas H. McGlashan,
Robert L. Stout,
Ingrid Dyck
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.477
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1535-7228
pISSN - 0002-953X
DOI - 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1173
Subject(s) - borderline personality disorder , psychology , bipolar disorder , clinical psychology , sadistic personality disorder , longitudinal study , personality , psychiatry , personality disorders , medicine , mood , psychoanalysis , pathology
The purpose of this study was to test whether borderline personality disorder is a variant of bipolar disorder by examining the rates of co-occurrence in both disorders, the effects of co-occurrence on a longitudinal course, and whether the presence of either disorder confers the risk for new onsets of the other.
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