@article{ref1,
title="Impulsivity and aggressiveness in bipolar disorder with co-morbid borderline personality disorder",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2011",
author="Carpiniello, Bernardo and Lai, Lorena and Pirarba, Silvia and Sardu, Claudia and Pinna, Federica",
volume="188",
number="1",
pages="40-44",
abstract="Few studies to date have been performed to investigate impulsivity and aggressivity in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD); the primary aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of co-morbidity of BPD on impulsivity and aggressivity in patients affected by BD. A total of 57 patients (male=20, female=37) affected by BD (BD-I 51%; BD-II 49%) in clinical stable remission were recruited; 28 patients were affected by BD (49.1%), 18 by BD and BPD (31.6%) and 11 (19.3%) by BD plus Other Personality Disorders (OPD) (19.3%). They were submitted to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID)-I and SCID-II, and were evaluated by means of the Clinical Global Impression (CGI)-severity and Global Assessment Functioning (GAF) scales, the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11) and the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ). Mean total scores were significantly higher among BD/BPD patients with respect to BD and to BD/OPD, both at BIS-11 and AQ; rate of attempted suicides was approximately 3 times higher in BD/BPD with respect to BD and 7.6 times higher than in BD/OPD patients. The results of our study suggest that patients with co-morbid BD and BPD are more impulsive and aggressive. Furthermore, this co-morbid condition may be a risk factor for suicidality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.026",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.026"
}