Borderline Personality Disorder Traits and Suicide Risk: The Mediating Role of Insomnia and Nightmares

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by affect dysregulation, self-disturbances, and behavioral and interpersonal dysregulation (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Keng et al., 2018). The prevalence rates of BPD are estimated to be about 20% of all psychiatric inpatients, 10% of outpatients, and 2% of the general population (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Frances and Widiger, 1986; Gunderson, 1984; Park and Park, 1997; Swartz et al., 1989). Individuals with BPD or subclinical BPD often report engaging in a wide variety of maladaptive behaviors, such as nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI; Brown et al., 2002) binge eating and purging (Cassin and Von Ranson, 2005) and substance misuse (Bornovalova et al., 2005).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research