title: Association between history of abuse and borderline personality disorder for hospitalized adolescent girls.
abstract: Records of 38 hospitalized female adolescents were analyzed to evaluate the relationship between a history of earlier physical and/or sexual abuse and borderline personality. Those with histories of abuse were significantly more likely to score as Borderline Personality Disorder when assessed by the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines--Revised.
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Atlas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors