TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Childhood trauma in borderline personality disorder
JO  - American journal of psychiatry
A1  - Herman, J. L.
A1  - Perry, J. C.
A1  - van der Kolk, B. A.
SP  - 490
EP  - 495
VL  - 146
IS  - 4
N2  - Subjects with borderline personality disorder (N = 21) or borderline traits (N = 11) and nonborderline subjects with closely related diagnoses (N = 23) were interviewed in depth regarding experiences of major childhood trauma. Significantly more borderline subjects (81%) gave histories of such trauma, including physical abuse (71%), sexual abuse (68%), and witnessing serious domestic violence (62%); abuse histories were less common in those with borderline traits and least common in the subjects with no borderline diagnosis. These results demonstrate a strong association between a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and a history of abuse in childhood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-953X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -