FREQUENCY OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AMONG PSYCHIATRIC OUTPATIENTS IN SHANGHAI

The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency, clinical characteristics, and comorbidity of borderline personality disorder (BPD) among psychiatric outpatients in two clinics at Shanghai Mental Health Center. A cross-sectional investigation was conducted. From 3,075 outpatients screen...

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Published inJournal of personality disorders Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 393 - 401
Main Authors LANLAN WANG, ROSS, Colin A, ZEPING XIAO, TIANHONG ZHANG, YUNFEI DAI, HAIYIN ZHANG, MINGYI TAO, JIANYING QIN, JUE CHEN, YANLING HE, MINGYUAN ZHANG
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Guilford 01.06.2012
Guilford Press
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Borderline Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Borderline Personality Disorder - epidemiology
China - epidemiology
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Mental health care
Middle Aged
Outpatient care facilities
Outpatients - statistics & numerical data
Personality
Personality Assessment
Personality disorders
Personality Problems
Prevalence
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
China
Shanghai China
Mental disorder
Personality disorder
Borderline
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Summary:The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency, clinical characteristics, and comorbidity of borderline personality disorder (BPD) among psychiatric outpatients in two clinics at Shanghai Mental Health Center. A cross-sectional investigation was conducted. From 3,075 outpatients screened using the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-IV+, 2,284 patients positive for a personality disorder were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders. The frequency of BPD among the psychiatric outpatients was 5.8%, with a frequency of 3.5% among males and 7.5% among females (p < .01). BPD was found to have extensive comorbidity with Axis I and II disorders. This study proves that BPD does occur in China. The detected frequency among outpatients is lower than that reported in North America.
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ISSN:0885-579X
1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi.2012.26.3.393