Associations of self-reported past "psychotic" phenomena with features of personality disorders.
Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) may present with "psychotic" phenomena, which can be defined as a range of specified "altered experiences of reality." This study investigated the associations between self-reported past psychotic phenomena and features of DSM-III-R personality disorders (PDs) in 57 inpatients without a previous diagnosis of the main disorders that involve delusions and hallucinations. The present findings include associations between past psychotic phenomena and features of BPD, between repeated self-harm and a report that "thoughts seemed put into head," and between psychotic phenomena and features of other PDs, particularly schizotypal PD. There was a high prevalence of BPD in the present sample. Dissociation, in the context of the features of BPD, may be a causal factor for the development of some of the psychotic phenomena presented by patients with PD.
Dowson
J H
JH
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK.
Sussams
P
P
Grounds
A T
AT
Taylor
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D012650:Self Disclosure; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric