title: Comparison of symptoms and treatments of adults and adolescents with borderline personality disorder.
abstract: The purpose of this paper was to characterize adolescent borderline personality disorder (BPD) and compare it to adult BPD. A retrospective chart review of 20 adolescent and 20 adult BPD patients was conducted. The retrieved data included demographics, history features, symptoms, observations made during hospitalization and treatments. There were many similarities between the two groups. The differences included the number of report pages during hospitalization (p<0.05), of current self-mutilation (p=0.051), of past and present obsessive-compulsive symptoms (p=0.02 and p=0.03) and of past escapes (p=0.006). Adults had more alcohol abuse (p=0.02). There was a correlation between the number of anti-psychotic drug trials and the length of hospitalization among adolescents, and a correlation between the number of antidepressant and anxiolytic drug trials and the length of hospitalization among adults. Our findings support the general similarity of BPD between adolescents and adults. The differences in pharmacotherapy and several clinical observations warrant further study.
authors.affiliation: Shalvata Mental Health Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Segal-Trivitz
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goldburt
authors.forename: Doli
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sobol-Havia
authors.forename: Yechiel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Levkovitch
authors.forename: Gidon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ratzoni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents