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- Title
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER FEATURES AND RISK FOR PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USE DISORDERS.
- Authors
Tragesser, Sarah L.; Jones, Rachel E.; Robinson, Robert Joe; Stutler, Alison; Stewart, Adam
- Abstract
Although there is evidence for high comorbidity between borderline per-sonality disorder (BPD) and substance use disorders, particularly alco-hol use, more research is needed on the associations between BPD and prescription opioid use because of the increasing national problem of prescription opioid misuse. The purpose of the present study was to examine relationships between BPD features and prescription opioid use, risk for misuse, consequences, and dependence features, and to determine which aspects of BPD account for these associations. As pre-dicted, BPD features were associated with greater quantity and fre-quency of opioid use, risk for pain medication misuse, consequences, and dependence features. Additional analyses indicated that most of these effects were accounted for by the self-harm/impulsivity compo-nent of BPD. The authors conclude that individuals with more pro-nounced BPD features may be at risk for use and dependence on pre-scription opioids, and that this association may be primarily associated with the impulsivity features of BPD.
- Subjects
SUBSTANCE abuse risk factors; ANALGESICS; BORDERLINE personality disorder; NARCOTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALE analysis (Psychology); DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Personality Disorders, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 4, p427
- ISSN
0885-579X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/pedi_2013_27_094