Citation

Goldman SJ, D'Angelo EJ, DeMaso DR, Mezzacappa E. Am. J. Psychiatry 1992; 149(12): 1723-1726.

Affiliation

Children's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA 02115.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1443251

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to determine whether a history of physical or sexual abuse is more common in children with borderline personality disorder than in other children evaluated in the same outpatient psychiatric clinic. METHOD: The authors contrasted rates of abuse in 44 children diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and in 100 comparison children. RESULTS: The borderline personality disorder group had a significantly greater prevalence of physical and combined physical/sexual abuse. Sexual abuse rates alone did not differ significantly between groups. CONCLUSIONS: The finding of greater abuse in the group with borderline personality disorder supports the hypothesis that a history of trauma is associated with the disorder.

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