TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Borderline disorder in Turkey: a 2- to 4-year follow-up
JO  - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
A1  - Senol, S.
A1  - Dereboy, Cigdem
A1  - Yüksel, N.
SP  - 109
EP  - 112
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
N2  - The present study aimed to investigate clinical, demographic and follow-up features of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in Turkey. Among 738 inpatients consecutively admitted to a university psychiatric clinic, we attempted to trace 75 patients diagnosed with BPD according to DSM-III-R criteria 2- to 4-years after their index discharge. Of 61 patients who could be traced, 2 had committed suicide and 45 were included in a follow-up study. A semi-structured interview confirmed the previous diagnosis in all but two patients. The mean Global Assessment Scale score of the follow-up sample showed a 13.4% increase during the follow-up interval. Affective disorders were concomitantly diagnosed in 76.7% of the BPD patients, and the lifetime prevalence rate for this diagnostic category was estimated at 100%. Substances abuse disorder emerged as the second common Axis I diagnosis. The data obtained in the present study were in agreement with findings of previous studies on BPD conducted mostly in Western countries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0933-7954
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -