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Different clinical presentations in eating disorder patients with non-suicidal self-injury based on the co-occurrence of borderline personality disorder
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Abstract
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) features are common in patients with eating disorders (ED), yet little is known regarding the clinical presentation of ED patients who present with NSSI with and without BPD. The current study compared self-injurious, female ED inpatients with (n = 98; NSSI+BPD) and without BPD (n = 45; NSSI-only) on different self-reported clinical features. Results suggest that ED patients with NSSI+BPD differ from those with NSSI-only with regard to frequency of suicidal ideation, alcohol, drug or medication abuse, internalizing/externalizing psychopathology, interpersonal problems, and coping strategies, with the NSSI+BPD group demonstrating more impairment in each of these domains. Despite these differences in clinical presentation, however, groups did not differ in NSSI features. In sum, while self-injurious ED patients may present with similar NSSI behavior regardless of BPD diagnosis, those with NSS+BPD represent a group with much higher clinical complexity and greater treatment needs.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Psychologica Belgica / Société belge de psychologie; Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences. - Leuven, 1954, currens
Publication
Leuven : 2018
ISSN
0033-2879 [print]
2054-670X [online]
DOI
10.5334/PB.420
Volume/pages
58 :1 (2018) , p. 243-255
ISI
000455733200016
Pubmed ID
30479820
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