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- Title
Frequency of borderline personality disorder in a sample of French high school students.
- Authors
Chabrol, Henri; Montovany, Annie; Chouicha, Karine; Callahan, Stacey; Mullet, Etienne; Chabrol, H; Montovany, A; Chouicha, K; Callahan, S; Mullet, E
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To estimate the frequency of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in French high school students.<bold>Method: </bold>A random sample of high school students (n = 1363) ranging in age from 13 to 20 years agreed to complete a questionnaire, the Screening Test for Comorbid Personality Disorders (STCPD); 107 of them volunteered to be interviewed. We assessed this group using the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB-R). We conducted a regression analysis to determine a cut-off for BPD diagnosis with the STCPD.<bold>Results: </bold>We estimated the overall frequency of BPD to be 10% for boys and 18% for girls. After a peak of frequency at age 14 years for both sexes, the frequency increased significantly again in late adolescence.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>This study found a high frequency of BPD in French adolescents, which adds to questions regarding the validity of diagnosing this disorder in adolescents.
- Subjects
FRANCE; BORDERLINE personality disorder in adolescence; MENTAL illness; BORDERLINE personality disorder; MYERS-Briggs Type Indicator; PERSONALITY assessment; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH evaluation; STUDENTS; DISEASE incidence; CROSS-sectional method; PSYCHOLOGICAL factors; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2001, Vol 46, Issue 9, p847
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/070674370104600909