@article{ref1,
title="Associations of self-reported past "psychotic" phenomena with features of personality disorders",
journal="Comprehensive psychiatry",
year="2000",
author="Dowson, J. H. and Sussams, P. and Grounds, A. T. and Taylor, J.",
volume="41",
number="1",
pages="42-48",
abstract="Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) may present with &quot;psychotic&quot; phenomena, which can be defined as a range of specified &quot;altered experiences of reality.&quot; This study investigated the associations between self-reported past psychotic phenomena and features of DSM-III-R personality disorders (PDs) in 57 inpatients without a previous diagnosis of the main disorders that involve delusions and hallucinations. The present findings include associations between past psychotic phenomena and features of BPD, between repeated self-harm and a report that &quot;thoughts seemed put into head,&quot; and between psychotic phenomena and features of other PDs, particularly schizotypal PD. There was a high prevalence of BPD in the present sample. Dissociation, in the context of the features of BPD, may be a causal factor for the development of some of the psychotic phenomena presented by patients with PD.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-440X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}