Affective instability and impulsivity in borderline personality and bipolar II disorders: similarities and differences
Affective instability and impulsivity in borderline personality and bipolar II disorders: similarities and differences
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3956(01)00038-3
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发表时间:
2001-11-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Siever, LJ
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作者:
Henry, C;Mitropoulou, V;Siever, LJ
Objectives: many studies have reported a high degree of comorbidity between mood disorders, among which are bipolar disorders, and borderline personality disorder and some studies have suggested that these disorders are co-transmitted in families. However. few studies have compared personality traits between these disorders to determine whether there is a dimensional overlap between the two diagnoses. The aim of this study was to compare impulsivity, affective lability and intensity in patients with borderline personality and bipolar II disorder and in subjects with neither of these diagnoses. :Methods: patients with borderline personality but without bipolar disorder (n=29), patients with bipolar II disorder without borderline personality but with other personality disorders (n= 14), patients with both borderline personality and bipolar II disorder (n= 12), and patients with neither borderline personality nor bipolar disorder but other personality disorders (OPD: n=93) were assessed using the Affective Lability Scale (ALS), the Affect Intensity Measure (AIM), the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-7B). Results: borderline personality patients had significantly higher ALS total scores (P