title: Maturation in patients with borderline personality disorder.
abstract: Patients with borderline personality disorder have a characteristic and extreme personality associated with psychopathology. The aim was to investigate personality change in relation to suicidality following treatment. 21 patients were assessed before and after psychotherapy on personality (NEO PI-R) and suicidality (SUAS). At follow-up, Neuroticism and Conscientiousness normalized along with six lower-order facets; Depression, Impulsiveness, Competence, Achievement Striving, Self-Discipline and Deliberation. Thirteen patients showed a positive personality development paralleled by a lesser degree of suicidality.
authors.affiliation: Center for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Norra Stationsgatan 69, 11364 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: johanna.levallius@ki.se.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levallius
authors.affiliation: Center for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Norra Stationsgatan 69, 11364 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rydén
authors.affiliation: Center for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Norra Stationsgatan 69, 11364 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Claes
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Norring
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000639:trends*; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: NEO PI-R; Personality change; Psychotherapy outcome