Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria Associated With Prospectively Observed Suicidal Behavior

The authors prospectively examined associations between each DSM-IV borderline personality disorder criterion & suicidal behaviours. With self-injury criterion excluded, they found that the borderline personality disorder criteria of affective instability, identity disturbance, & impulsivity significantly predicted suicidal behaviours. However, only affective instability & childhood sexual abuse were significantly associated with suicide attempts (i.e., behaviour with some intent to die). (9 refs)