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Published on: March 8, 2018
Maturation in patients with borderline personality disorder
Johanna Levallius1, Göran Rydén1, Claes Norring1
1Center for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Norra Stationsgatan 69, 11364 Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
Patients with borderline personality disorder have a characteristic and extreme personality associated with psychopathology. The aim was to investigate personality change in relation to suicidality following treatment. 21 patients were assessed before and after psychotherapy on personality (NEO PI-R) and suicidality (SUAS). At follow-up, Neuroticism and Conscientiousness normalized along with six lower-order facets; Depression, Impulsiveness, Competence, Achievement Striving, Self-Discipline and Deliberation. Thirteen patients showed a positive personality development paralleled by a lesser degree of suicidality.
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