Completed Suicide Among Patients With Boderline Personality Disorder: Epidemiology and Predictors (IN: Suicidal Behaviour in Europe: Recent Research Findings, edited by P Crepet et al)

Clinical records from all patients suicided during inpatient care or within six months from discharge were retrospectively studied and patients with borderline personality disorder according to DIB were identified. Non-suicidal borderline patients were used as controls. Completed suicides did not seem to be highly over-represented among borderline patients. Male sex, extensive previous hospitalization, previous suicide attempts and a psychological pattern of non-attachment were identified as predictors for completed suicides. Interpersonal conflicts within the treatment unit often preceded the suicides. (15 refs)