Citation

Joffe RT, Regan JJ. Compr. Psychiatry 1989; 30(2): 157-160.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2920551

Abstract

The relationship between personality and suicidal behavior was evaluated in 53 patients with primary major depressive disorder. Mean borderline personality scale scores on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) differed between suicide attempters and non-attempters. The frequency of personality disorder diagnoses, especially borderline personality disorder, was not higher in the suicide attempters. Clinical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.

Language: en