title: Types of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in patients admitted for suicide-related behavior.
abstract: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is determined by the presence of any five of nine diagnostic criteria, leading patients with heterogeneous clinical features to be diagnosed under the same label without an individualized clinical and therapeutic approach. In response to this problem, Oldham proposed five types of BPD: affective, impulsive, aggressive, dependent and empty. The present study categorized a sample of BPD patients hospitalized due to suicide-related behavior according to Oldham's BPD proposed subtypes, and evaluated their clinical and demographic characteristics. Data were obtained from a sample of 93 female patients admitted to the « Dr. Braulio A. Moyano » Neuropsychiatric Hospital following suicide-related behavior. A total of 87 patients were classified as affective (26%), impulsive (37%), aggressive (4%), dependent (29%), and empty (5%). Patients classified as dependent were significantly older at the time of first suicide-related behavior (p = 0.0008) and reported significantly less events of previous suicide-related behaviors (p = 0.03), while patients classified as impulsive reported significantly higher rates of drug use (p = 0.02). Dependent, impulsive and affective BPD types were observed most frequently in our sample. Findings are discussed specific to demographic and clinical implications of BPD patients reporting concurrent suicidal behavior.
authors.affiliation: 3a Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, piso 9, C1121ABG, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, federicorebok@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rebok
authors.forename: Germán L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Teti
authors.forename: Adrián P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Fantini
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cárdenas-Delgado
authors.forename: Sasha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: María N C
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Derito
authors.forename: Federico M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Daray
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention