TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Borderline personality disorder: patterns of self-harm, reported childhood trauma and clinical outcome
JO  - BJPsych open
A1  - McFetridge, Mark Andrew
A1  - Milner, Rebecca
A1  - Gavin, Victoria
A1  - Levita, Liat
SP  - 18
EP  - 20
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2056-4724
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.000117
ID  - ref1
ER  -