Borderline Personality Disorder in Youth: The Prospective Impact of Child Abuse on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicidality

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by greater engagement in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidality. The aim of the study is to test whether the occurrence of child abuse contributes to these high-risk behaviors in BPD youth.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - September 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cynthia Kaplan, Naomi Tarlow, Jeremy G. Stewart, Blaise Aguirre, Gillian Galen, Randy P. Auerbach Source Type: research