TY - JOUR
T1 - Aspects of depression associated with borderline personality disorder
AU - Rogers, James H.
AU - Widiger, Thomas A.
AU - Krupp, Anthony
PY - 1995/2
Y1 - 1995/2
N2 - Objective: Shared symptoms between borderline personality disorder and depression have resulted in inherent difficulties in evaluating the relationship between these disorders. Some theorists have argued that depression in patients with borderline personality disorder is qualitatively distinct from depression in nonborderline patients. The purpose of this study was to empirically identify aspects of depression most associated with borderline personality disorder. Method: Through interview and self-report measures, the authors studied depression in 50 inpatients, 21 of whom had borderline personality disorder. Results: The aspects of depression most associated with borderline personality disorder were self-condemnation, emptiness, abandonment fears, self-destructiveness, and hopelessness; boredom and somatic complaints exhibited no association. Conclusions: Depression associated with borderline pathology appears to be in some respects unique, as well as distinct from nonborderline depression. The study's implications delineate the importance of considering the phenomenological aspects of depression in borderline personality disorder.
AB - Objective: Shared symptoms between borderline personality disorder and depression have resulted in inherent difficulties in evaluating the relationship between these disorders. Some theorists have argued that depression in patients with borderline personality disorder is qualitatively distinct from depression in nonborderline patients. The purpose of this study was to empirically identify aspects of depression most associated with borderline personality disorder. Method: Through interview and self-report measures, the authors studied depression in 50 inpatients, 21 of whom had borderline personality disorder. Results: The aspects of depression most associated with borderline personality disorder were self-condemnation, emptiness, abandonment fears, self-destructiveness, and hopelessness; boredom and somatic complaints exhibited no association. Conclusions: Depression associated with borderline pathology appears to be in some respects unique, as well as distinct from nonborderline depression. The study's implications delineate the importance of considering the phenomenological aspects of depression in borderline personality disorder.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.152.2.268
DO - 10.1176/ajp.152.2.268
M3 - Article
C2 - 7840363
AN - SCOPUS:0028795537
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 152
SP - 268
EP - 270
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -