Predictors of suicide in borderline personality disorder.
One hundred patients with borderline personality disorder who were followed for a mean of 15 years were compared with 14 borderline patients who committed suicide. The most significant predictors of completed suicide were previous attempts and higher education.
Paris
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Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Montréal, Québec.
Nowlis
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Brown
R
R
D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology