Open AccessChildhood sexual abuse in adult patients with borderline personality disorder
Author(s) -
Preethi Me,
Bhushan Chaudhari,
Daniel Saldanha,
Spandana Devabhaktuni,
Labanya Bhattacharya
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.196046
Subject(s) - borderline personality disorder , sexual abuse , psychiatry , population , medicine , clinical psychology , psychology , poison control , injury prevention , environmental health
Researchers have found elevated rates of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients. They have also implicated the role of CSA later in BPD. However, there has been a scarcity of studies regarding this in Indian population.