@article{ref1,
title="Borderline personality disorder: patterns of self-harm, reported childhood trauma and clinical outcome",
journal="BJPsych open",
year="2015",
author="McFetridge, Mark Andrew and Milner, Rebecca and Gavin, Victoria and Levita, Liat",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="18-20",
abstract="Consecutive admissions of 214 women with borderline personality disorder were investigated for patterns of specific forms of self-harm and reported developmental experiences. Systematic examination of clinical notes found that 75% had previously reported a history of childhood sexual abuse. These women were more likely to self-harm, and in specific ways that may reflect their past experiences. Despite this, treatment within a dialectical behaviour therapy-informed therapeutic community leads to relatively greater clinical gains than for those without a reported sexual abuse trauma history. Notably, greater behavioural and self-reported distress and dissociation were not found to predict poor clinical outcome. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. COPYRIGHT AND USAGE: © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2056-4724",
doi="10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.000117",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.000117"
}