title: Schizotypal symptoms in patients with borderline personality disorders.
abstract: The authors assessed the frequency of schizotypal symptoms in 48 criteria-defined borderline patients. In the total sample schizotypal symptoms were surprisingly common; the average patient had more than seven symptoms and every patient at least one. Even in the "pure" DSM-III borderline subgroup, 67% of the patients had perceptual symptoms, 92% had cognitive symptoms, and 87% reported other "affective" symptoms. Visual phenomena were more prevalent than auditory ones, suggesting a possible contributing role for organic factors in borderline disorders. The results also indicate a close link between borderline and schizotypal personality disorders.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation; D014796:Visual Perception