@article{ref1,
title="Patterns of self-harm behavior among women with borderline personality symptomatology: psychiatric versus primary care samples",
journal="General hospital psychiatry",
year="2000",
author="Sansone, Randy A. and Wiederman, M. W. and Sansone, Lori A. and Monteith, D.",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="174-178",
abstract="The current study investigated differences in self-harm behavior among individuals with borderline personality symptomatology from two different clinical settings. Participants were women, between the ages of 18 and 45, from an outpatient mental health setting or a primary care setting. Each participant completed the Self-Harm Inventory (SHI) and the borderline personality scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (PDQ-R). Using a predetermined cut-off for substantial borderline personality symptomatology on the SHI, group comparisons with chi(2) analyses indicated that &quot;overdosed&quot; and &quot;hit self&quot; were significantly more common in the mental health subsample whereas &quot;abused laxatives&quot; was significantly more common in the primary care subsample. Using a predetermined cut-off for borderline personality on the PDQ-R, chi-square analyses indicated that &quot;overdosed&quot; and &quot;hit self&quot; remained significantly more common in the mental health subsample. Despite these differences, there was remarkable similarity of symptoms between groups. The implications of these findings are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-8343",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}