An examination of DSM-IV borderline personality disorder symptoms and risk for death by suicide: a psychological autopsy study.

摘要: Objective:To clarify whether certain Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms are more prevalent among people who die by suicide, thereby better predict suicide risk.Method:A psychological autopsy method with best informants was used to investigate DSM-IV BPD risk died met criteria for (n = 62), control subjects 35).Results:BPD in were less likely include affective instability paranoid ideation–dissociative symptoms. The negative association between independent all other symptoms, Cluster B comorbidity, alcohol dependence.Conclusions:We found that discrete differentiate those do not. People go on appear constitute a specific subgroup wh...