title: Race and sexually transmitted diseases in women with and without borderline personality disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to examine the history of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among women with borderline personality disorder (BPD) with and without a lifetime substance use disorder (SUD) and to compare their histories to those of a group of women with a current nonpsychotic axis I disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two-hundred fifteen women completed the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I diagnoses (SCID-I), Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality for Axis II diagnoses (SIDP-IV), and a sexual health interview. African American women were oversampled because little is known about BPD in African American women and because they are at greater risk for STDs than non-African American women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women with a lifetime SUD (especially cannabis use disorder) reported more STD risk factors and STDs than women without a lifetime SUD. BPD dimensional scores and African American race were predictors of STD, even after controlling for age, socioeconomic status (SES), SUDs, and participation in the sex trade.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Determining predictors of STDs within at-risk subpopulations may help reduce the spread of STDs and prevent HIV infection within these groups by helping providers identify women at the highest risk of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. degennan@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Natacha M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: De Genna
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Feske
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Angiolieri
authors.forename: Melanie A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000208:ethnology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult