Predictors of Suicide in Borderline Personality Disorder
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 34 (1) , 8-9
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674378903400103
Abstract
One hundred patients with borderline personality disorder who were followed for a mean of 15 years were compared with 14 borderline patients who committed suicide. The most significant predictors of completed suicide were previous attempts and higher education.Keywords
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