title: Borderline personality disorder: study in adolescence.
abstract: The study of the presentation, symptomatology and family characteristics of an exclusively adolescent sample of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) was undertaken. Twenty-four cases of borderline personality disorder, 20 females, 4 males, identified using chart review and meeting the criteria of the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB) and DSM III-R, were matched with psychiatric controls. Adolescents with borderline personality disorder were found to have high rates of affective symptomatology with Axis I diagnosis of major depressive disorder MDD (DSM-III-R), and high rates of interpersonal psychopathology, i.e., manipulation, devaluation, and a pervasive sense of boredom. The latter seem to be characteristic as for adults with borderline personality disorder. The families were particularly angry and volatile.
authors.affiliation: Highfield Family and Adolescent Unit, The Warnford Hospital, Oxford, England.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berelowitz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vereker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior