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Swartz HA, Suppes T. Bipolar II Disorder: Understudied and Underdiagnosed. FOCUS (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING) 2023; 21:354-362. [PMID: 38694998 PMCID: PMC11058947 DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20230015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
Abstract
Despite its inclusion as a distinct entity in APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders since 1994, bipolar II disorder remains a surprisingly neglected psychiatric condition. Understudied and underrecognized, bipolar II disorder is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, even by experienced clinicians. As a result, patients typically experience symptoms for more than 10 years before receiving the correct diagnosis. Incorrect diagnosis leads to incorrect treatment, including overuse of monoaminergic antidepressant medications, with resultant declines in functioning and worse quality of life. Perhaps because of its underrecognition, treatment studies of bipolar II disorder are limited, and, too often, results of bipolar I disorder studies are applied to bipolar II disorder, with no direct evidence supporting this practice. Bipolar II disorder is an understudied and unmet treatment challenge in psychiatry. In this review, the authors provide a broad overview of bipolar II disorder, including differential diagnosis, course of illness, comorbid conditions, and suicide risk. The authors summarize treatment studies specific to bipolar II disorder, identifying gaps in the literature. This review reveals similarities between bipolar I and bipolar II disorders, including risks of suicide and predominance of depression over the course of illness, but also differences between the phenotypes in treatment response, for example, to antidepressant medications.
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- Holly A Swartz
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Swartz); VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California (Suppes); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford (Suppes)
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Swartz); VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California (Suppes); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford (Suppes)
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Durdurak BB, Altaweel N, Upthegrove R, Marwaha S. Understanding the development of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder in young people: a meta-review of systematic reviews. Psychol Med 2022; 52:1-14. [PMID: 36177878 PMCID: PMC9816307 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722003002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is ongoing debate on the nosological position of bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD). Identifying the unique and shared risks, developmental pathways, and symptoms in emerging BD and BPD could help the field refine aetiological hypotheses and improve the prediction of the onset of these disorders. This study aimed to: (a) systematically synthesise the available evidence from systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) concerning environmental, psychosocial, biological, and clinical factors leading to the emergence of BD and BPD; (b) identify the main differences and common features between the two disorders to characterise their complex interplay and, (c) highlight remaining evidence gaps. METHODS Data sources were; PubMed, PsychINFO, Embase, Cochrane, CINAHL, Medline, ISI Web of Science. Overlap of included SRs/MAs was assessed using the corrected covered area process. The methodological quality of each included SR and MA was assessed using the AMSTAR. RESULTS 22 SRs and MAs involving 249 prospective studies met eligibility criteria. Results demonstrated that family history of psychopathology, affective instability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorders, depression, sleep disturbances, substance abuse, psychotic symptoms, suicidality, childhood adversity and temperament were common predisposing factors across both disorders. There are also distinct factors specific to emerging BD or BPD. CONCLUSIONS Prospective studies are required to increase our understanding of the development of BD and BPD onset and their complex interplay by concurrently examining multiple measures in BD and BPD at-risk populations.
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- Buse Beril Durdurak
- Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Early Intervention Service, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Specialist Mood Disorders Clinic, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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Dominiak M, Jażdżyk P, Antosik-Wójcińska AZ, Konopko M, Bieńkowski P, Świȩcicki Ł, Sienkiewicz-Jarosz H. The impact of bipolar spectrum disorders on professional functioning: A systematic review. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:951008. [PMID: 36090375 PMCID: PMC9448890 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.951008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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AIMS The impact of bipolar spectrum (BS) disorders on professional functioning has not been systematically reviewed yet. Since even subsyndromal symptoms may disturb functioning, the determination of the prognostic value of the spectrum of bipolarity for employment seems extremely relevant. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of BS disorders on professional functioning. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic review of the literature (namely, cohort and cross-sectional studies) investigating a link between BS disorders and employment was performed in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. BS was defined based on the concept of two-dimensional BS by Angst. Occupational outcomes and factors affecting employment were evaluated as well. RESULTS Seventy-four studies were included. All disorders comprising BS had a negative impact on occupational status, work performance, work costs, and salary, with the greatest unfavorable effect reported by bipolar disorder (BD), followed by borderline personality disorder (BPD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and dysthymia. Employment rates ranged from 40 to 75% (BD), 33 to 67% (BPD), 61 to 88% (MDD), and 86% (dysthymia). The factors affecting employment most included: cognitive impairments, number/severity of symptoms, namely, subsyndromal symptoms (mainly depressive), older age, education, and comorbidity (substance abuse, personality disorders, anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD). CONCLUSION Bipolar spectrum symptoms exert a negative impact on professional functioning. Further evaluation of affecting factors is crucial for preventing occupational disability.
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- Monika Dominiak
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Affective Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.,Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- First Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Affective Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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Henriques-Calado J, Gonçalves B, Marques C, Paulino M, Gama Marques J, Grácio J, Pires R. In light of the DSM-5 dimensional model of personality: Borderline personality disorder at the crossroads with the bipolar spectrum. J Affect Disord 2021; 294:897-907. [PMID: 34375218 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND State-of-the-art research highlights that borderline personality disorder (PD) and bipolar spectrum disorders have clinical characteristics in common, which imply uncertainty in differential diagnoses. Although there is a growing body of literature on the DSM-5 dimensional model of personality disorder, its discriminative features between these clinical samples are still understudied. In this study, we seek to identify the best set of predictors that differentiate between borderline PD and bipolar spectrum, based on pathological and normative personality traits and symptoms. METHODS A cross-sectional study of three clinical samples: 1) Borderline PD group of 63 participants; 2) Major depressive disorder group of 89 participants; 3) Bipolar disorder group of 65 participants. Self-reported assessment: Personality Inventory for DSM-5; Brief Symptom Inventory; FFM Inventory. A series of one-way ANOVAs and logistic regression analyses were computed. RESULTS The major set of data emerging as common discriminants of borderline PD across the bipolar spectrum are unusual beliefs & experiences, paranoid ideation, obsession-compulsion and extraversion. Depressivity (OR: 34.95) and impulsivity (OR: 22.35) pathological traits displayed the greatest predictive values in the differential diagnosis. LIMITATIONS The small size of the samples; a lack of data from participants' previous clinical history. CONCLUSIONS Findings support the DSM-5 pathological traits as differentiating borderline PD through bipolar spectrum, and reinforcing the joint use of symptom-related pathological functioning and normal-range personality traits. Alongside the bipolar spectrum, borderline pathology sheds light upon a hypothetical overlap along the depressive and schizoaffective/schizophrenia spectra, representing a borderland space at a crossroads with the psychopathology of a meta-spectrum.
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- Joana Henriques-Calado
- Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal; CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal; CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Business Research Unit, Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Clínica de Psiquiatria Geral e Transcultural, Hospital Júlio de Matos, Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Avenida do Brasil, 53, 1749-002 Lisboa, Portugal; Clínica Universitária de Psiquiatra e Psicologia Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; NOVA Medical School/ Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal; CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal
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Zimmerman M, Balling C, Chelminski I, Dalrymple K. Patients with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder: a descriptive and comparative study. Psychol Med 2021; 51:1479-1490. [PMID: 32178744 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720000215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are each significant public health problems. It has been frequently noted that distinguishing BPD from bipolar disorder is challenging. Consequently, reviews and commentaries have focused on differential diagnosis and identifying clinical features to distinguish the two disorders. While there is a burgeoning literature comparing patients with BPD and bipolar disorder, much less research has characterized patients with both disorders. In the current report from the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) project, we compare psychiatric outpatients with both BPD and bipolar disorder to patients with BPD without bipolar disorder and patients with bipolar disorder without BPD. METHODS Psychiatric outpatients presenting for treatment were evaluated with semi-structured interviews. The focus of the current study is the 517 patients with both BPD and bipolar disorder (n = 59), BPD without bipolar disorder (n = 330), and bipolar disorder without BPD (n = 128). RESULTS Compared to patients with bipolar disorder, the patients with bipolar disorder and BPD had more comorbid disorders, psychopathology in their first-degree relatives, childhood trauma, suicidality, hospitalizations, time unemployed, and likelihood of receiving disability payments. The added presence of bipolar disorder in patients with BPD was associated with more posttraumatic stress disorder in the patients as well as their family, more bipolar disorder and substance use disorders in their relatives, more childhood trauma, unemployment, disability, suicide attempts, and hospitalizations. CONCLUSIONS Patients with both bipolar disorder and BPD have more severe psychosocial morbidity than patients with only one of these disorders.
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- Mark Zimmerman
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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Mesbah R, de Bles N, Rius‐Ottenheim N, van der Does AJW, Penninx BWJH, van Hemert AM, de Leeuw M, Giltay EJ, Koenders M. Anger and cluster B personality traits and the conversion from unipolar depression to bipolar disorder. Depress Anxiety 2021; 38:671-681. [PMID: 33503287 PMCID: PMC8248435 DOI: 10.1002/da.23137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Feelings of anger and irritability are prominent symptoms of bipolar disorder (BD) that may occur during hypomanic, depressive and, especially, during mixed mood states. We aimed to determine whether such constructs are associated with the conversion to BD in subjects with a history of unipolar depression. METHODS Data were derived from the depressed participants of Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety with 9 years of follow-up. Hypomania was ascertained using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2, 4, 6, and 9 years follow-up. Cross-sectionally, we studied the association between prevalent hypomania and anger related constructs with the "Spielberger Trait Anger subscale," the "Anger Attacks" questionnaire, the cluster B personality traits part of the "Personality Disorder Questionnaire," and "aggression reactivity." Prospectively, we studied whether aggression reactivity predicted incident hypomania using Cox regression analyses. RESULTS Cross-sectionally, the bipolar conversion group (n = 77) had significantly higher scores of trait anger and aggression reactivity, as well as a higher prevalence on "anger attacks," "antisocial traits," and "borderline traits" compared to current (n = 349) as well as remitted (n = 1159) depressive patients. In prospective analyses in 1744 participants, aggression reactivity predicted incident hypomania (n = 28), with a multivariate-adjusted hazard ratio of 1.4 (95% confidence interval: 1.02-1.93; p = .037). CONCLUSION Anger is a risk factor for conversion from unipolar depression to BD. In addition, patients who converted to BD showed on average more anger, agitation and irritability than people with a history of unipolar depression who had not converted.
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- Rahele Mesbah
- Department of PsychiatryLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands,Department of Mood DisordersMental Health Care PsyQ KralingenRotterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Amsterdam NeuroscienceVU University Medical CenterAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands,Mental Health Care RivierduinenBipolar Disorder Outpatient ClinicLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Mood DisordersMental Health Care PsyQ KralingenRotterdamThe Netherlands,Department of Clinical PsychologyLeiden UniversityLeidenThe Netherlands
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Lapomarda G, Grecucci A, Messina I, Pappaianni E, Dadomo H. Common and different gray and white matter alterations in bipolar and borderline personality disorder: A source-based morphometry study. Brain Res 2021; 1762:147401. [PMID: 33675742 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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According to the nosological classification, Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are different syndromes. However, these pathological conditions share a number of affective symptoms that make the diagnosis difficult. Affective symptoms range from abnormal mood swings, characterizing both BD and BPD, to regulation dysfunctions, more specific to BPD. To shed light on the neural bases of these aspects, and to better understand differences and similarities between the two disorders, we analysed for the first time gray and white matter features of both BD and BPD. Structural T1 images from 30 patients with BD, 20 with BPD, and 45 controls were analysed by capitalizing on an innovative whole-brain multivariate method known as Source-based Morphometry. Compared to controls, BD patients showed increased gray matter concentration (p = .003) in a network involving mostly subcortical structures and cerebellar areas, possibly related to abnormal mood experiences. Notably, BPD patients showed milder alterations in the same circuit, standing in the middle of a continuum between BD and controls. In addition to this, we found an altered white matter network specific to BPD (p = .018), including frontal-parietal and temporal regions possibly associated with dysfunctional top-down emotion regulation. These findings may shed light on a better understanding of affective disturbances behind the two disorders, with BD patients more characterized by abnormalities in neural structures involved in mood oscillations, and BPD by deficits in the cognitive regulation of emotions. These results may help developing better treatments tailored to the specific affective disturbances displayed by these patients.
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- Gaia Lapomarda
- Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
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- Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Massó Rodriguez A, Hogg B, Gardoki-Souto I, Valiente-Gómez A, Trabsa A, Mosquera D, García-Estela A, Colom F, Pérez V, Padberg F, Moreno-Alcázar A, Amann BL. Clinical Features, Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging in Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review of Cross-Diagnostic Studies. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:681876. [PMID: 34177664 PMCID: PMC8220090 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.681876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background: Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have clinically been evolving as separate disorders, though there is still debate on the nosological valence of both conditions, their interaction in terms of co-morbidity or disorder spectrum and their distinct pathophysiology. Objective: The objective of this review is to summarize evidence regarding clinical features, neuropsychological performance and neuroimaging findings from cross-diagnostic studies comparing BD and BPD, to further caracterize their complex interplay. Methods: Using PubMed, PsycINFO and TripDataBase, we conducted a systematic literature search based on PRISMA guidelines of studies published from January 1980 to September 2019 which directly compared BD and BPD. Results: A total of 28 studies comparing BD and BPD were included: 19 compared clinical features, 6 neuropsychological performance and three neuroimaging abnormalities. Depressive symptoms have an earlier onset in BPD than BD. BD patients present more mixed or manic symptoms, with BD-I differing from BPD in manic phases. BPD patients show more negative attitudes toward others and self, more conflictive interpersonal relationships, and more maladaptive regulation strategies in affective instability with separate pathways. Impulsivity seems more a trait in BPD rather than a state as in BD. Otherwise, BD and BPD overlap in depressive and anxious symptoms, dysphoria, various abnormal temperamental traits, suicidal ideation, and childhood trauma. Both disorders differ and share deficits in neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings. Conclusion: Clinical data provide evidence of overlapping features in both disorders, with most of those shared symptoms being more persistent and intense in BPD. Thus, categorical classifications should be compared to dimensional approaches in transdiagnostic studies investigating BPD features in BD regarding their respective explanatory power for individual trajectories. Systematic Review Registration: The search strategy was pre-registered in PROSPERO: CRD42018100268.
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- Anna Massó Rodriguez
- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro Salud Mental Infanto-Juvenil, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre Fòrum Research Unit, Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- PhD Progamme, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre Fòrum Research Unit, Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- PhD Progamme, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Centre Fòrum Research Unit, Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Centre Fòrum Research Unit, Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- PhD Progamme, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación y Tratamiento del Trauma y los Trastornos de la Personalidad (INTRA-TP) Center, A Coruña, Spain
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- Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
- Departament of Basic, Evolutive and Education Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Centre Fòrum Research Unit, Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Centre Fòrum Research Unit, Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addiction, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Mental Health Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- *Correspondence: Benedikt Lorenz Amann
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Galletta D, Califano AI, Micanti F, Santangelo G, Santoriello C, de Bartolomeis A. Cognitive correlates of borderline intellectual functioning in borderline personality disorder. J Psychiatr Res 2020; 130:372-380. [PMID: 32882579 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) is highly prevalent in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), but their relationship remains poorly understood. This retrospective study aimed to investigate the cognitive profile of BIF among people diagnosed with BPD. Clinical, demographic, and neuropsychological data of fifty-five outpatients with BPD were analyzed. The sample split into two groups: BPD with BIF (BIF+: n = 25; intelligence quotient - IQ - range: 71-84) and BPD without BIF (BIF-: n = 30; IQ range: 86-124). Between-group comparisons employed either parametric and non-parametric descriptive statistics, as necessary. Neuropsychological measures (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised - WAIS-R IQ, factor index, subtest scores) and cognitive performance deficits in the two groups were likewise compared aside, followed by Spearman's correlation test conducted on relevant metrics. The cognitive, but not the clinical and demographic profiles differed significantly between the two groups. BIF+ was associated with a specific pattern of verbal, attentive, and planning dysfunctions. The verbal comprehension index had the highest discriminative value for the presence of BIF in patients with BPD, and it was tightly associated with adaptive and social functioning. The neuropsychological assessment of BPD may be relevant to plan targeted interventions based on measures of cognitive functioning which could also serve to evaluate treatment efficacy and outcomes. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed.
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- Diana Galletta
- Department of Head-Neck Care Unit of Psychiatry and Psychology "Federico II", University Hospital Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Head-Neck Care Unit of Psychiatry and Psychology "Federico II", University Hospital Naples, Italy
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- Department of Head-Neck Care Unit of Psychiatry and Psychology "Federico II", University Hospital Naples, Italy
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- Department of Head-Neck Care Unit of Psychiatry and Psychology "Federico II", University Hospital Naples, Italy
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Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a third wave, behavioral therapy that is designed to target emotion dysregulation. The current study investigated whether DBT could be an effective treatment intervention for bipolar disorder and how it could be adapted for this population. Although empirical study of DBT and bipolar disorder is limited, there is evidence to suggest that DBT is a promising treatment for bipolar disorder. In this study, adapted DBT products were created for bipolar disorder, and feedback on the products was elicited from five experts in the field through semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed and coded for analyses. The findings from the interviews were integrated into revised products with the intention to be used in the clinical community. Several experts reported currently using DBT for bipolar disorder treatment. We conclude that a form of DBT using adapted materials could be a promising intervention for the treatment of bipolar disorder, although more research is needed to demonstrate efficacy. Future directions include conducting randomized controlled trials on DBT and bipolar disorder, as well as testing the created product in clinical practice.
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- Alyson DiRocco
- California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, CA, USA. .,, Alhambra, CA, USA.
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- California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Patients with bipolar disorders experience cyclical changes in mood that present as a range of different syndromes. In classical mania, patients experience episodes of euphoria, whereas in depressive episodes they suffer from depression. In hypomania, patients experience a milder form of mania, and in mixed mania, patients may experience both manic and depressive symptoms simultaneously, or alternate between them rapidly. Because of this wide range of symptoms, bipolar disorders can appear to overlap with other mental disorders, especially personality disorders.
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AbstractThe concept of minimal emotional dysfunctions (MED) refers to traditional psychopathology in order to describe, classify, and understand personality disorders. Emotional dysfunctions encompass disorders of affect predominance, production, expression, experience, modulation, and regulation. MED can explain the dimensional nature of personality disorders, their multidimensionality and problems with categorical classifications. It can stimulate research on the etiology of personality disorders in reference to modern developmental brain research and trauma psychology. It can guide new developments in pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. It is suggested to focus on MED in future developments of the description and classification of personality disorders.
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- M Linden
- Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin and the Department of Behavioral Medicine at the Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Lichterfelder Allee 55, Teltow 14513, Berlin, Germany.
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Benazzi F. Does temperamental instability support a continuity between bipolar II disorder and major depressive disorder? Eur Psychiatry 2020; 21:274-9. [PMID: 16675205 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2005] [Revised: 02/11/2006] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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AbstractBackgroundThe current categorical split of mood disorders in bipolar disorders and depressive disorders has recently been questioned. Two highly unstable personality features, i.e. the cyclothymic temperament (CT) and borderline personality disorder (BPD), have been found to be more common in bipolar II (BP-II) disorder than in major depressive disorder (MDD). According to Kraepelin, temperamental instability was the ‘foundation’ of his unitary view of mood disorders.Study aimThe aim was to assess the distributions of the number of CT and borderline personality items between BP-II and MDD. Finding no bi-modal distribution (a ‘zone of rarity’) of these items would support a continuity between the two disorders.MethodsStudy setting: an outpatient psychiatry private practice. Interviewer: A senior clinical and mood disorder research psychiatrist. Patient population: A consecutive sample of 138 BP-II and 71 MDD remitted outpatients. Assessment instruments: The structured clinical interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders-Clinician Version (SCID-CV), the SCID-II Personality Questionnaire for self-assessing borderline personality traits (BPT) by patients, the TEMPS-A for self-assessing CT by patients. Interview methods: Patients were interviewed with the SCID-CV to diagnose BP-II and MDD, and then patients self-assessed the questions of the Personality Questionnaire relative to borderline personality, and the questions of the TEMPS-A relative to CT. As clinically significant distress or impairment of functioning is not assessed by the SCID-II Personality Questionnaire, a diagnosis of BPD could not be made, but BPT could be assessed (i.e. all BPD items but not the impairment criterion). The distribution of the number of CT and BPT items was studied by Kernel density estimate.ResultsCT and BPT items were significantly more common in BP-II versus MDD. The Kernel density estimate distributions of the number of CT and BPT items in the entire sample had a normal-like shape (i.e. no bi-modality).ConclusionsThe expected finding, on the basis of previous studies and of the present sample features, was a clustering of CT and BPT items on the BP-II side of the curves. Instead, no bi-modality was present in the distributions of the number of CT and BPT items in the entire sample, showing a normal-like shape. By using the bi-modality approach, a continuity between BP-II and MDD seems supported, questioning the current categorical splitting of BP-II and MDD based on classic diagnostic validators.
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- F Benazzi
- Hecker Psychiatry Research Center, Forli, Italy.
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Azorin J, Kaladjian A, Adida M, Fakra E, Belzeaux R, Hantouche E, Lancrenon S. Factors associated with borderline personality disorder in major depressive patients and their relationship to bipolarity. Eur Psychiatry 2020; 28:463-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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AbstractObjectiveTo analyze the interface between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolarity in depressed patients comorbid with BPD.MethodsAs part of National Multi-site Study of 493 consecutive DSM-IV major depressive patients evaluated in at least two semi-structured interviews 1 month apart, 19 (3.9%) had comorbid BPD (BPD+), whereas 474 (96.1%) did not manifest this comorbidity (BPD−).ResultsCompared to BPD (−), BPD (+) patients displayed higher rates of bipolar (BP) disorders and temperaments, an earlier age at onset with a family history of affective illness, more comorbidity, more stressors before the first episode which was more often depressive or mixed, as well as a greater number and severity of affective episodes.ConclusionsThe hypothesis which fitted at best our findings was to consider BPD as a contributory factor in the development of BP disorder, which could have favoured the progression from unipolar major depression to BP disorder. We could not however exclude that some features of BP disorder may have contributed to the development of BPD.
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Arikan MK, Metin B, Günver MG, Tarhan N. Borderline Personality and Bipolar Disorders Cannot Be Differentiated Electrophysiologically. Clin EEG Neurosci 2019; 50:383-388. [PMID: 31282204 DOI: 10.1177/1550059419860028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objectives. Certain studies have claimed that borderline personality disorder (BPD) could be evaluated as a subtype of bipolar disorder (BD), whereas others have argued that BPD should be regarded as an independent disorder because of its distinct clinical features. The aim of this study was to investigate if there was a difference between these 2 disorders biologically based on EEG recordings. Methods. A total of 111 subjects (11 healthy, 25 BPD, 75 BD) who had resting EEG recordings were included. The EEGs were analyzed to compute absolute power values. Results. One-way analysis of variance results revealed statistically significant differences among the 3 groups on 55 out of 229 EEG variables. However, post hoc analysis indicated that all of the significant changes were between healthy and patient groups and no significant differences were found between 2 clinical groups. Conclusion. The findings suggested that these 2 clinical entities are biologically similar; however, further research should be performed to explain the basis clinical differences between the 2 disorders.
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- Mehmet Kemal Arikan
- 1 Department of Psychology, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey.,2 Kemal Arikan Clinic of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
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- 1 Department of Psychology, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- 3 Channel Management Department Halk Hayat ve Emeklilik A. Ş., Istanbul, Turkey
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- 1 Department of Psychology, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Kamali M, Saunders EFH, Assari S, Ryan KA, Marshall DF, McInnis MG. Mood, Dimensional Personality, and Suicidality in a Longitudinal Sample of Patients with Bipolar Disorder and Controls. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2019; 49:1360-1378. [PMID: 30450613 DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of mood and anxiety symptoms in relation to personality dimensions and clinical features such as trauma and substance use on suicidal behaviors in a longitudinal sample of individuals with bipolar illness (BP) and healthy controls (HC). METHODS Mood, personality, and clinical features were assessed in 151 individuals with BP I and 119 HC. Clinical data were collected at baseline and at 2-year follow-up. Personality traits were measured using the NEO PI-R. RESULTS In bivariate analyses, personality measures were significantly different between BP and HC, and between BP based on suicide attempt history. However, in regression analyses, baseline measures of depression, mania, anxiety, trauma, education, and age of BP onset correlated with personality domains, while a history of suicide attempts did not. Logistic regressions showed that prospective depression or mania, and a pattern of mixed mood features and chronicity of illness, along with two Neuroticism facet scores (N4-Self-Consciousness and N6-Vulnerability) were predictive of suicide ideation (SI) in the 2-year follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS While dimensions of personality, trauma, and substance use clearly correlated with suicidal behaviors in BP, in multivariate models emerging mood symptoms were the most robust predictors of suicidality. These results reinforce the importance and attributable role of mood and anxiety symptoms in evaluating suicidal risk.
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- Masoud Kamali
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Borderline Personality Features in Inpatients with Bipolar Disorder: Impact on Course and Machine Learning Model Use to Predict Rapid Readmission. J Psychiatr Pract 2019; 25:279-289. [PMID: 31291208 DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Earlier research indicated that nearly 20% of patients diagnosed with either bipolar disorder (BD) or borderline personality disorder (BPD) also met criteria for the other diagnosis. Yet limited data are available concerning the potential impact of co-occurring BPD and/or BPD features on the course or outcome in patients with BD. Therefore, this study examined this comorbidity utilizing the standardized Borderline Personality Questionnaire (BPQ). METHODS This study involved 714 adult patients with a primary diagnosis of BD per DSM-IV criteria who were admitted to the psychiatric unit at an academic hospital in Houston, TX between July 2013 and July 2018. All patients completed the BPQ within 72 hours of admission. Statistical analysis was used to detect correlations between severity of BD, length of stay (LOS), and scores on the BPQ. A machine learning model was constructed to predict the parameters affecting patients' readmission rates within 30 days. RESULTS Analysis revealed that the severity of certain BPD traits at baseline was associated with mood state and outcome measured by LOS. Inpatients with BD who were admitted during acute depressive episodes had significantly higher mean scores on 7 of the 9 BPQ subscales (P<0.05) compared with those admitted during acute manic episodes. Inpatients with BD with greater BPQ scores on 4 of the 9 BPQ subscales had significantly shorter LOS than those with lower BPQ scores (P<0.05). The machine learning model identified 6 variables as predictors for likelihood of 30-day readmission with a high sensitivity (83%), specificity (77%), and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 86%. CONCLUSIONS Although preliminary, these results suggest that inpatients with BD who have higher levels of BPD features were more likely to have depressive rather than manic symptoms, fewer psychotic symptoms, and a shorter LOS. Moreover, machine learning models may be particularly valuable in identifying patients with BD who are at the highest risk for adverse consequences including rapid readmission.
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Recent work suggests that a broad clinical spectrum of bipolar disorder is more common than previously thought and that the disorder may affect up to 5% of the population. The correct definition and diagnosis of hypomania is central to the identification of bipolar disorder. In this review we focus on recent diagnostic and clinical advances relating to bipolar disorder, with particular reference to hypomanic states. We also highlight some of the controversies in this field and discuss ways in which clinicians might improve their detection of bipolar disorders.
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Riemann G, Weisscher N, Post RM, Altshuler L, McElroy S, Frye MA, Keck PE, Leverich GS, Suppes T, Grunze H, Nolen WA, Kupka RW. The relationship between self-reported borderline personality features and prospective illness course in bipolar disorder. Int J Bipolar Disord 2017; 5:31. [PMID: 28944443 PMCID: PMC5610955 DOI: 10.1186/s40345-017-0100-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Although bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) share clinical characteristics and frequently co-occur, their interrelationship is controversial. Especially, the differentiation of rapid cycling BD and BPD can be troublesome. This study investigates the relationship between borderline personality features (BPF) and prospective illness course in patients with BD, and explores the effects of current mood state on self-reported BPF profiles. METHODS The study included 375 patients who participated in the former Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network. All patients met DSM-IV criteria for bipolar-I disorder (n = 294), bipolar-II disorder (n = 72) or bipolar disorder NOS (n = 9). BPF were assessed with the self-rated Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire. Illness course was based on 1-year clinician rated prospective daily mood ratings with the life chart methodology. Regression analyses were used to estimate the relationships among these variables. RESULTS Although correlations were weak, results showed that having more BPF at baseline is associated with a higher episode frequency during subsequent 1-year follow-up. Of the nine BPF, affective instability, impulsivity, and self-mutilation/suicidality showed a relationship to full-duration as well as brief episode frequency. In contrast all other BPF were not related to episode frequency. CONCLUSIONS Having more BPF was associated with an unfavorable illness course of BD. Affective instability, impulsivity, and self-mutilation/suicidality are associated with both rapid cycling BD and BPD. Still, many core features of BPD show no relationship to rapid cycling BD and can help in the differential diagnosis.
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- Georg Riemann
- Saxion, University of Applied Science, Handelskade 75, 7417 DH Deventer, The Netherlands
- Dimence Mental Health, Center for Bipolar Disorders, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- GGZ Centraal, Center for Mental Health, Hilversum, The Netherlands
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- Bipolar Collaborative Network, 5415 W. Cedar Ln, Suite 201-B, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
- 0000 0004 1936 9510grid.253615.6Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC USA
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- grid.416792.fFormer Head UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program, VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Lindner Center of HOPE, Mason, OH USA
- 0000 0001 2179 9593grid.24827.3bBiological Psychiatry Program, University of Cincinnati Medical College, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- 0000 0004 0459 167Xgrid.66875.3aPsychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MI USA
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- Lindner Center of HOPE, Mason, OH USA
- 0000 0001 2179 9593grid.24827.3bPsychiatry & Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- Bipolar Collaborative Network, 5415 W. Cedar Ln, Suite 201-B, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
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- 0000000419368956grid.168010.eDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA USA
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- 0000 0004 0523 5263grid.21604.31Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- 0000 0004 0407 1981grid.4830.fUniversity Medical Center, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- 0000 0004 0435 165Xgrid.16872.3aDepartment of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 0000 0004 0546 0540grid.420193.dGGZ inGeest, Center for Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- grid.413664.2Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Shafiee-Kandjani AR, Arfaie A, Bozorg-Esfangareh A, Safikhanlou S, Arfaie A, Jafarzadeh- Ghareziaaddin M. Correlates of impulsive and hostile behavior in patients with borderline personality disorder and bipolar II disorder. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL RESEARCH IN CLINICAL MEDICINE 2017. [DOI: 10.15171/jarcm.2017.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Frías Á, Baltasar I, Birmaher B. Comorbidity between bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder: Prevalence, explanatory theories, and clinical impact. J Affect Disord 2016; 202:210-9. [PMID: 27267293 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The relationship between bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) has been controversial and widely debated. Specifically, the comorbidity between both disorders has yielded a plethora of research, but there are no comprehensive reviews on this issue. OBJECTIVE To determine the empirical evidence regarding the comorbidity between BD and BPD based on prevalence data, explanatory theories for their co-occurrence, and clinical impact of one disorder in the other. METHOD A comprehensive search of databases (PubMed and PsycINFO) was performed. Published manuscripts between January 1985 and August 2015 were identified. Overall, 70 studies fulfilled inclusion criteria. RESULTS Over a fifth of subjects showed comorbidity between BPD and BD. Empirical evidence from common underlying factors was inconclusive, but BPD appears to be a risk factor for BD. Data also indicated that the negative impact of BPD in BD (e.g., suicidality, worse mood course) was greater than vice verse. CONCLUSIONS Given the high prevalence of comorbidity between BD and BPD and the negative effects of BPD in subjects with BD, further studies are needed to clarify the factor associated with the comorbidity between these two disorders. This information is important to develop appropriate treatments for subjects with both disorders, improve their clinical course, and prevent the increased risk of suicidality commonly found in these subjects.
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- Álvaro Frías
- FPCEE Blanquerna, University of Ramon-Llull, Barcelona, Spain; Adult Outpatient Mental Health Center, Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Mataró, Spain; Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States.
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- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
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- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
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The prevalence and predictors of bipolar and borderline personality disorders comorbidity: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord 2016; 195:105-18. [PMID: 26881339 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Data about the prevalence of borderline personality (BPD) and bipolar (BD) disorders comorbidity are scarce and the boundaries remain controversial. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the prevalence of BPD in BD and BD in people with BPD. METHODS Two independent authors searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library from inception till November 4, 2015. Articles reporting the prevalence of BPD and BD were included. A random effects meta-analysis and meta-regression were conducted. RESULTS Overall, 42 papers were included: 28 considering BPD in BD and 14 considering BD in BPD. The trim and fill adjusted analysis demonstrated the prevalence of BPD among 5273 people with BD (39.94 ± 11.78 years, 44% males) was 21.6% (95% CI 17.0-27.1). Higher comorbid BPD in BD were noted in BD II participants (37.7%, 95% CI 21.9-56.6, studies=6) and North American studies (26.2%, 95% CI 18.7-35.3, studies=11). Meta regression established that a higher percentage of males and higher mean age significantly (p<0.05) predicted a lower prevalence of comorbid BPD in BD participants. The trim and fill adjusted prevalence of BD among 1814 people with BPD (32.22 ± 7.35 years, 21.5% male) was 18.5% (95% CI 12.7-26.1). LIMITATIONS Paucity of longitudinal/control group studies and accurate treatment records. CONCLUSIONS BPD-BD comorbidity is common, with approximately one in five people experiencing a comorbid diagnosis. Based on current diagnostic constructs, and a critical interpretation of results, both qualitative and quantitative syntheses of the evidence prompt out the relevance of differences rather similarities between BD and BPD.
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Anderson JL, Sellbom M, Sansone RA, Songer DA. Comparing External Correlates of DSM-5 Section II and Section III Dimensional Trait Operationalizations of Borderline Personality Disorder. J Pers Disord 2016; 30:193-210. [PMID: 25905733 DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2015_29_189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The current study evaluated the relative associations of the DSM-5 Section II operationalization of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and dimensional traits included in a diagnosis of BPD in DSM-5 Section III with conceptually relevant external criterion variables. It is important to determine whether or not Section II BPD and constellation of Section III BPD traits have similar positions in the nomological network representing the BPD construct. Moreover, it is important to determine whether or not the trait-based Section III BPD diagnosis is an improvement upon the categorical Section II diagnosis in regard to its associations with external criteria. To evaluate this, we used two samples, a patient sample consisting of 145 psychiatric patients and a university sample consisting of 399 undergraduate students. We conducted a series of correlation and regression analyses in order to determine the relative associations of these two diagnostic methodologies with relevant external criteria. Correlation analyses did not favor either model, but indicated that both Section II and Section III BPD have associations with external criterion variables relevant to BPD. The regression analyses tended to favor the trait-based Section III model, supporting the construct validity and use of the trait profile for BPD in DSM-5 Section III. Generally, it was concluded that the Section II and Section III operationalizations have similar positions in a nomological network representing the BPD construct.
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- Research School of Psychology, The Australian National University
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- Wright State University School of Medicine and Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, Ohio
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- Wright State University School of Medicine and Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio
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Perugi G, Angst J, Azorin JM, Bowden CL, Caciagli A, Mosolov S, Vieta E, Young AH. Relationships between mixed features and borderline personality disorder in 2811 patients with major depressive episode. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2016; 133:133-143. [PMID: 26073759 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The study focused on the relationship between mixed depression and borderline personality disorder (BPD). METHOD The sample comprised 2811 patients with a major depressive episode (MDE). Clinical characteristics were compared in patients with (BPD+) and without (BPD-) comorbid BPD and in BPD+ with (MXS+) and without (MXS-) mixed features according to DSM-5 criteria. RESULTS A total of 187 patients (6.7%) met the criteria for BPD. A DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of bipolar disorder (BD) was significantly more frequent in patients with BPD+ than in patients with BPD. Patients with BPD+ were significantly younger and reported lower age at onset than BPD-. Patients with BPD+ also showed more hypomania/mania in first-degree relatives in comparison with patients with BPD-, as well as more psychiatric comorbidity, mixed features, atypical features, suicide attempts, prior mood episodes and antidepressant-induced hypo/manic switches. Mixed features according to DSM-5 criteria were observed in 52 (27.8%) BPD+. In comparison with MXS-, MXS+ were significantly younger at age of onset and at prior mood episode and had experienced more mood episodes and hypo/manic switches with antidepressant treatments. CONCLUSION Major depressive episode patients with comorbid BPD reported a high prevalence of mixed features and BD. The presence of DSM-5 mixed features in MDE patients with BPD may be associated with complex course and reduced treatment response.
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- Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France
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- University of Texas Health Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow, Russia
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- Hospital Clinic at the University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Distinguishing bipolar disorder from borderline personality disorder: A study of current clinical practice. Eur Psychiatry 2015; 30:965-74. [PMID: 26647873 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diagnosing mental illness is a central role for psychiatrists. Correct diagnosis informs both treatment and prognosis, and facilitates accurate communication. We sought to explore how psychiatrists distinguished two common psychiatric diagnoses: bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD). METHODS We conducted a qualitative study of psychiatrists to explore their practical experience. We then sought to validate these results by conducting a questionnaire study testing the theoretical knowledge and practical experience of a large number of UK psychiatrists. Finally we studied the assessment process in NHS psychiatric teams by analysing GP letters, assessments by psychiatrists, and assessment letters. RESULTS There was broad agreement in both the qualitative and questionnaire studies that the two diagnoses can be difficult to distinguish. The majority of psychiatrists demonstrated in survey responses a comprehensive understanding DSM-IV-TR criteria although many felt that these criteria did not necessarily assist diagnostic differentiation. This scepticism about diagnostic criteria appeared to strongly influence clinical practice in the sample of clinicians we observed. In only a minority of assessments were symptoms of mania or BPD sufficiently assessed to establish the presence or absence of each diagnosis. CONCLUSION Clinical diagnostic practice was not adequate to differentiate reliably BD and BPD. The absence of reliable diagnostic practice has widespread implications for patient care, service provision and the reliability of clinical case registries.
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Yen S, Frazier E, Hower H, Weinstock LM, Topor DR, Hunt J, Goldstein TR, Goldstein BI, Gill MK, Ryan ND, Strober M, Birmaher B, Keller MB. Borderline personality disorder in transition age youth with bipolar disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2015; 132:270-80. [PMID: 25865120 PMCID: PMC4573347 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the longitudinal impact of borderline personality disorder (BPD) on the course and outcome of bipolar disorder (BP) in a pediatric BP sample. METHOD Participants (N = 271) and parents from the Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth (COBY) study were administered structured clinical interviews and self-reports on average every 8.7 months over a mean of 93 months starting at age 13.0 ± 3.1 years. The structured interview for DSM-IV personality disorders (SIDP-IV) was administered at the first follow-up after age 18 to assess for symptoms of BPD. BPD operationalized at the disorder, factor, and symptom level, was examined as a predictor of poor clinical course of BP using all years of follow-up data. RESULTS The number of BPD symptoms was significantly associated with poor clinical course of BP, above and beyond BP characteristics. Affective dysregulation was most strongly associated with poor course at the factor level; the individual symptoms most strongly associated with poor course were dissociation/stress-related paranoid ideation, impulsivity, and affective instability. CONCLUSION BPD severity adds significantly to the burden of BP illness and is significantly associated with a more chronic and severe course and outcome beyond what can be attributable to BP characteristics.
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- Shirley Yen
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University,Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University,Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, East Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University,Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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- VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University,Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, East Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto Medical Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Fulford D, Eisner LR, Johnson SL. Differentiating risk for mania and borderline personality disorder: The nature of goal regulation and impulsivity. Psychiatry Res 2015; 227:347-52. [PMID: 25892256 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 01/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Researchers and clinicians have long noted the overlap among features and high comorbidity of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder. The shared features of impulsivity and labile mood in both disorders make them challenging to distinguish. We tested the hypothesis that variables related to goal dysregulation would be uniquely related to risk for mania, while emotion-relevant impulsivity would be related to risk for both disorders. We administered a broad range of measures related to goal regulation traits and impulsivity to 214 undergraduates. Findings confirmed that risk for mania, but not for borderline personality disorder, was related to higher sensitivity to reward and intense pursuit of goals. In contrast, borderline personality disorder symptoms related more strongly than did mania risk with threat sensitivity and with impulsivity in the context of negative affect. Results highlight potential differences and commonalities in mania risk versus borderline personality disorder risk.
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- Daniel Fulford
- University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry, 401 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, 2350 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA.
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- Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 50 Staniford St., Ste 580, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology, 3417 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Anderson JL, Sellbom M. Construct Validity of theDSM–5Section III Personality Trait Profile for Borderline Personality Disorder. J Pers Assess 2015; 97:478-86. [DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2015.1051226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Saunders KEA, Goodwin GM, Rogers RD. Borderline personality disorder, but not euthymic bipolar disorder, is associated with a failure to sustain reciprocal cooperative behaviour: implications for spectrum models of mood disorders. Psychol Med 2015; 45:1591-1600. [PMID: 25697732 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291714002475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder (BD) have overlapping clinical presentations and symptoms - sources of persistent clinical confusion. Game-theory can characterize how social function might be sub-optimal in the two disorders and move the field beyond the anecdotal description of clinical history. Here, we tested the hypothesis that BPD and BD can be distinguished on the basis of diminished reciprocal altruism in iterated Prisoner's Dilemma (PD) games. METHOD Twenty females with BPD, 20 females with euthymic BD and 20 healthy (non-clinical) females, matched for age and cognitive ability, were assessed for Axis-I and personality disorders, and completed psychometric measures of state affect, impulsivity and hostility. Participants completed two iterated PD games and a test of gaze-cueing. RESULTS In the PD games, BPD participants failed to show statistically stable preferences to cooperate with social partners (playing tit-for-tat) and made significantly fewer cooperative responses compared to BD or controls (ANOVA main effect p = 0.03, post-hoc Tukey p < 0.05 for both comparisons). BPD participants were also less likely to sustain cooperation following experiences involving mutual cooperation than the other groups. Neither BPD nor BD participants demonstrated impairments in shifting visual attention on the basis of other peoples' gaze. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that BPD is (selectively) associated with difficulties in establishing, and then maintaining, reciprocal cooperation, involving altruism. These difficulties are not seen in euthymic BD. Our data support the differentiation of BPD from BD and offer fresh insights into the social difficulties experienced by individuals with diagnoses of BPD.
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- K E A Saunders
- University Department of Psychiatry,University of Oxford,Warneford Hospital,Oxford,UK
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- University Department of Psychiatry,University of Oxford,Warneford Hospital,Oxford,UK
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- University Department of Psychiatry,University of Oxford,Warneford Hospital,Oxford,UK
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Gras A, Amad A, Thomas P, Jardri R. [Hallucinations and borderline personality disorder: a review]. Encephale 2014; 40:431-8. [PMID: 25063345 DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2014.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hallucinations constitute understudied symptoms in borderline personality disorders (BPD), which can be observed in about 30% of the patients, essentially in the auditory modality. Most of these experiences are transitory, triggered by intermittent stressors, but chronicity remains a major cause of concern. In order to better circumscribe hallucinations in BPD, we summarized the literature on this particular phenomenon. METHODS We conducted a review using Medline, Scopus and Google Scholar databases up to March 2013, using the following keywords combinations: "borderline personality disorder", "hallucinat*" and "psychotic symptoms". Papers were included in the review if they were published in an English or French language peer-reviewed journal; the study enrolled patients with BPD; and the diagnosis was made according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) criteria. Fifteen studies published between 1985 and 2012, merging a total of 635 patients, were retained. RESULTS The hallucinatory experiences observed in BPD appeared phenomenologically similar to those described in the schizophrenia spectrum in terms of vividness, duration, spatial localization, beliefs about malevolence or omnipotence. Conversely, the hallucinatory content appeared more negative and potentially more distressful. Crucially, this literature search also revealed that these symptoms have long been regarded as "pseudo-hallucinations" (or "hallucination-like symptoms"). This concept was judged of poor scientific validity, inducing stigma for BPD patients in that it casts doubt on the authenticity of these experiences while disqualifying the related distress. This situation points out that research should focus more on understanding hallucinations in BPD than questioning their existence. Interestingly, recent comorbidity studies reopened a 40-year debate on the potential links that may exist between BPD and psychosis. Initially considered as a para-psychotic disorder, BPD was effectively redefined as an independent category by Otto F. Kernberg, leading to the DSM-III definition, excluding any psychotic symptom. However, hallucinations per se remain insufficient to diagnose schizophrenia, while comorbid substance use disorders as well as mood disorders, cannot explain all the hallucination occurrences in BPD. By referring to the "psychotic-reactivity-to-stress" framework, we proposed to understand hallucinations in BPD in relation to a hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and of the dopaminergic system under stress. Childhood trauma may have a central role in such a model. The prevalence of childhood trauma is high in BPD but this factor was also evidenced strongly linked with hallucinations in non-clinical populations. Comparisons are finally made and discussed between hallucinations occurring in BPD and those observed in posttraumatic stress disorder, another frequent comorbid disorder. CONCLUSION Almost a third of patients with BPD experiences hallucinations, and future studies will have to clarify the pathophysiology of this symptom, still poorly understood. Both the models of psychotic-reactivity-to-stress, as well as the role of childhood trauma in the context of a gene X environment interaction, appear to be promising cues for future research.
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- Université Droit et Santé Lille (UL2), UFR de Médecine, 59045 Lille cedex, France; Pôle de psychiatrie, hôpital Fontan, CHRU de Lille, rue André-Verhaeghe, CS 70001, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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- Université Droit et Santé Lille (UL2), UFR de Médecine, 59045 Lille cedex, France; Pôle de psychiatrie, hôpital Fontan, CHRU de Lille, rue André-Verhaeghe, CS 70001, 59037 Lille cedex, France
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- Université Droit et Santé Lille (UL2), UFR de Médecine, 59045 Lille cedex, France; Pôle de psychiatrie, hôpital Fontan, CHRU de Lille, rue André-Verhaeghe, CS 70001, 59037 Lille cedex, France
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- Université Droit et Santé Lille (UL2), UFR de Médecine, 59045 Lille cedex, France; Pôle de psychiatrie, hôpital Fontan, CHRU de Lille, rue André-Verhaeghe, CS 70001, 59037 Lille cedex, France
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Zimmerman M, Morgan TA. The relationship between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder. DIALOGUES IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE 2014. [PMID: 24174890 PMCID: PMC3811087 DOI: 10.31887/dcns.2013.15.2/mzimmerman] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It is clinically important to recognize both bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (BPD) in patients seeking treatment for depression, and it is important to distinguish between the two. Research considering whether BPD should be considered part of a bipolar spectrum reaches differing conclusions. We reviewed the most studied question on the relationship between BPD and bipolar disorder: their diagnostic concordance. Across studies, approximately 10% of patients with BPD had bipolar I disorder and another 10% had bipolar II disorder. Likewise, approximately 20% of bipolar II patients were diagnosed with BPD, though only 10% of bipolar I patients were diagnosed with BPD. While the comorbidity rates are substantial, each disorder is nontheless diagnosed in the absence of the other in the vast majority of cases (80% to 90%). In studies examining personality disorders broadly, other personality disorders were more commonly diagnosed in bipolar patients than was BPD. Likewise, the converse is also true: other axis I disorders such as major depression, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder are also more commonly diagnosed in patients with BPD than is bipolar disorder. These findings challenge the notion that BPD is part of the bipolar spectrum.
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- Mark Zimmerman
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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BACKGROUND Individuals with bipolar disorder often endorse dysfunctional beliefs consistent with cognitive models of bipolar disorder (Beck, 1976; Mansell, 2007). AIMS The present study sought to assess whether young adult offspring of those with bipolar disorder would also endorse these beliefs, independent of their own mood episode history. METHOD Participants (N = 89) were young adult college students with a parent with bipolar disorder (n = 27), major depressive disorder (MDD; n = 30), or no mood disorder (n = 32). Semi-structured interviews of the offspring were used to assess diagnoses. Dysfunctional beliefs related to Beck and colleagues' (2006) and Mansell's (2007) cognitive models were assessed. RESULTS Unlike offspring of parents with MDD or no mood disorder, those with a parent with bipolar disorder endorsed significantly more dysfunctional cognitions associated with extreme appraisal of mood states, even after controlling for their own mood diagnosis. Once affected by a bipolar or depressive disorder, offspring endorsed dysfunctional cognitions across measures. CONCLUSIONS Dysfunctional cognitions, particularly those related to appraisals of mood states and their potential consequences, are evident in young adults with a parent who has bipolar disorder and may represent targets for psychotherapeutic intervention.
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Problematic boundaries in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder: the interface with borderline personality disorder. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2013; 15:422. [PMID: 24254199 DOI: 10.1007/s11920-013-0422-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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It is clinically important to recognize both bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (BPD) in patients seeking treatment for depression, and it is important to distinguish between the two. The most studied question on the relationship between BPD and bipolar disorder is their diagnostic concordance. Across studies approximately 10 % of patients with BPD had bipolar I disorder and another 10 % had bipolar II disorder. Likewise, approximately 20 % of bipolar II patients were diagnosed with BPD, though only 10 % of bipolar I patients were diagnosed with BPD. While the comorbidity rates are substantial, each disorder is, nonetheless, diagnosed in the absence of the other in the vast majority of cases (80-90 %). In studies examining personality disorders broadly, other personality disorders were more commonly diagnosed in bipolar patients than was BPD. Likewise, the converse is also true: other axis I disorders such as major depression, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder are more commonly diagnosed in patients with BPD than is bipolar disorder. Studies comparing patients with BPD and bipolar disorder find significant differences on a range of variables. These findings challenge the notion that BPD is part of the bipolar spectrum. While a substantial literature has documented problems with the under-recognition and under-diagnosis of bipolar disorder, more recent studies have found evidence of bipolar disorder over-diagnosis and that BPD is a significant contributor to over-diagnosis. Re-conceptualizing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder as a type of test, rather than the final word on diagnosis, shifts the diagnostician from thinking solely whether a patient does or does not have a disorder to considering the risks of false-positive and false-negative diagnoses, and the ease by which each type of diagnostic error can be corrected by longitudinal observation.
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Perugi G, Angst J, Azorin JM, Bowden C, Vieta E, Young AH. The bipolar-borderline personality disorders connection in major depressive patients. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2013; 128:376-83. [PMID: 23379930 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The study focuses on the controversial relationship between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder (BD), defined according to different criteria set, in a world-wide sample of patients with a current major depressive episode (MDE). METHOD A total of 5635 patients with an MDE were enrolled in a multinational study, designed to assess varying definition of hypo/mania and familial and clinical variables associated with bipolarity. Patients with (BPD+) and without (BPD-)comorbid BPD were compared on sociodemographic, familial and clinical characteristics. RESULTS Five hundred and thirty-two patients (9.3%) met criteria for BPD. A diagnosis of BD was more frequent in BPD+ than in BPD- using either DSM-IVTR-modified criteria or the bipolar specifier. BPD+ were younger than BPD- depressives with regard to age and age at onset. They also showed more hypomania/mania in first-degree relatives in comparison to BPD- as well as more psychiatric comorbidity, psychotic symptoms, mixed states, atypical features, seasonality of mood episodes, suicide attempts, prior mood episodes and antidepressants-induced hypo/manic switches. CONCLUSION In our sample, selected on the basis of the presence of a mood disorder, the BD-BPD connection is confirmed by the high prevalence of bipolarity in depressive patients with BPD and by the significant association with familial and clinical features classically considered as external validators of bipolarity.
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- G Perugi
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Rossi R, Pievani M, Lorenzi M, Boccardi M, Beneduce R, Bignotti S, Borsci G, Cotelli M, Giannakopoulos P, Magni LR, Rillosi L, Rosini S, Rossi G, Frisoni GB. Structural brain features of borderline personality and bipolar disorders. Psychiatry Res 2013; 213:83-91. [PMID: 23146251 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Revised: 07/04/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A potential overlap between bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) has been recently proposed. We aimed to assess similarities and differences of brain structural features in BD and BPD. Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in 26 inpatients with BPD, 14 with BD, and 40 age-and sex-matched healthycontrols (HC). Voxel-based morphometry analysis with Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) was used to localize and quantify gray (GM) and white matter (WM) abnormalities in BD and BPD compared to HC and to identify those specifically affected in each patient group. Region of interest (ROI)-based analyses were also performed for confirmation. GM density changes in BD are significantly more diffuse and severe than in BPD, as demonstrated in both SPM- and ROI-based analyses. The topography of GM alterations showed some regions of overlap, but each disorder had specific regions of abnormality (involving both cortical and subcortical structures in BD, confined mainly to fronto-limbic regions in BPD). WM density changes were less pronounced in both conditions and involved completely different regions. Although BPD and BD show a considerable overlap of GM changes, the topography of alterations is more consistent with the separate conditions hypothesis and with the vulnerability of separate neural systems.
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- Roberta Rossi
- Unit of Psychiatry, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio-Fatebenefratelli, via Pilastroni 4, I-25125, Brescia, Italy.
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Swann AC, Lijffijt M, Lane SD, Steinberg JL, Moeller FG. Antisocial personality disorder and borderline symptoms are differentially related to impulsivity and course of illness in bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2013; 148:384-90. [PMID: 22835849 PMCID: PMC3484175 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Revised: 12/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Interactions between characteristics of bipolar and Axis II cluster B disorders are clinically and diagnostically challenging. Characteristics associated with personality disorders may be dimensional aspects of bipolar disorder. We investigated relationships among antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) or borderline personality disorder symptoms, impulsivity, and course of illness in bipolar disorder. METHODS Subjects with bipolar disorder were recruited from the community. Diagnosis was by structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I and -II), psychiatric symptom assessment by the change version of the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia (SADS-C), severity of Axis II symptoms by ASPD and borderline personality disorder SCID-II symptoms, and impulsivity by the Barratt impulsiveness scale (BIS-11). RESULTS ASPD and borderline symptoms were not related to clinical state or affective symptoms. Borderline symptoms correlated with BIS-11 impulsivity scores, and predicted history of suicide attempts independently of the relationship to impulsivity. ASPD symptoms were more strongly related to course of illness, including early onset, frequent episodes, and substance-related disorders. These effects persisted after allowance for gender and substance-use disorder history. CONCLUSIONS Personality disorder symptoms appear to be dimensional, trait-like characteristics of bipolar disorder. ASPD and Borderline symptoms are differentially related to impulsivity and course of illness.
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- Alan C Swann
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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Perugi G, Angst J, Azorin JM, Bowden C, Vieta E, Young AH. Is comorbid borderline personality disorder in patients with major depressive episode and bipolarity a developmental subtype? Findings from the international BRIDGE study. J Affect Disord 2013; 144:72-8. [PMID: 22858216 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Revised: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The nature of the relationship between bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) is controversial. The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical profile of patients with BD and comorbid BPD in a world-wide sample selected during a major depressive episode (MDE). METHODS From a general sample of 5635 in and out-patients with an MDE, who were enrolled in the multicenter, multinational, transcultural BRIDGE study, we identified 2658 subjects who met bipolarity specifier criteria. Bipolar specifier patients with (BPD+) and without (BPD-) comorbid BPD were compared on diagnostic, socio-demographic, familial and clinical characteristics. RESULTS 386 patients (14.5%) met criteria for BPD. A diagnosis of BD according to DSM-IV criteria was significantly more frequent in the BPD- than in BPD+, while similar rates in the two groups occurred using DSM-IV-Modified criteria. A subset of the BD criteria with an atypical connotation, such as irritability, mood instability and reactivity to drugs were significantly associated withthe presence of BPD. BPD+ patients were significantly younger than BPD- bipolar patients for age, age at onset of first psychiatric symptoms and age at first diagnosis of depression. They also reported significantly more comorbid Alcohol and Substance abuse, Anxiety disorders, Eating Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In comparison with BPD-, BPD+ patients showed significantly more psychotic symptoms, history of suicide attempts, mixed states, mood reactivity, atypical features, seasonality of mood episodes, antidepressants induced mood lability and irritability, and resistance to antidepressant treatments. LIMITATIONS Centers were selected for their strong mood disorder clinical programs, recall bias is possible with a cross-sectional design, and participating psychiatrists received limited training. CONCLUSIONS We confirm in a large sample of BD patients with MDE the high prevalence of patients who meet DSM-IV criteria for BPD. Further prospective researches should clarify whether the mood reactivity and instability captured by BPD DSM-IV criteria are distinguishable from the subjective mood of an instable, dysphoric, irritable manic/hypomanic/mixed state or simply represent a phenotypic variant of BD, related to developmental factors.
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- Giulio Perugi
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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Sjåstad HN, Gråwe RW, Egeland J. Affective disorders among patients with borderline personality disorder. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50930. [PMID: 23236411 PMCID: PMC3516502 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The high co-occurrence between borderline personality disorder and affective disorders has led many to believe that borderline personality disorder should be considered as part of an affective spectrum. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the prevalence of affective disorders are higher for patients with borderline personality disorder than for patients with other personality disorders. METHODS In a national cross-sectional study of patients receiving mental health treatment in Norway (N = 36 773), we determined whether psychiatric outpatients with borderline personality disorder (N = 1 043) had a higher prevalence of affective disorder in general, and whether they had an increased prevalence of depression, bipolar disorder or dysthymia specifically. They were compared to patients with paranoid, schizoid, dissocial, histrionic, obsessive-compulsive, avoidant, dependent, or unspecified personality disorder, as well as an aggregated group of patients with personality disorders other than the borderline type (N = 2 636). Odds ratios were computed for the borderline personality disorder group comparing it to the mixed sample of other personality disorders. Diagnostic assessments were conducted in routine clinical practice. RESULTS More subjects with borderline personality disorder suffered from unipolar than bipolar disorders. Nevertheless, borderline personality disorder had a lower rate of depression and dysthymia than several other personality disorder groups, whereas the rate of bipolar disorder tended to be higher. Odds ratios showed 34% lower risk for unipolar depression, 70% lower risk for dysthymia and 66% higher risk for bipolar disorder in patients with borderline personality disorder compared to the aggregated group of other personality disorders. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that borderline personality disorder has a stronger association with affective disorders in the bipolar spectrum than disorders in the unipolar spectrum. This association may reflect an etiological relationship or diagnostic overlapping criteria.
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- Hege Nordem Sjåstad
- Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
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Belli H, Ural C, Akbudak M. Borderline personality disorder: bipolarity, mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics in treatment. J Clin Med Res 2012; 4:301-8. [PMID: 23024731 PMCID: PMC3449426 DOI: 10.4021/jocmr1042w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/04/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In this article, it is aimed to review the efficacies of mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics, which are used commonly in psychopharmacological treatments of bipolar and borderline personality disorders. In this context, common phenomenology between borderline personality and bipolar disorders and differential features of clinical diagnosis will be reviewed in line with the literature. Both disorders can demonstrate common features in the diagnostic aspect, and can overlap phenomenologically. Concomitance rate of both disorders is quite high. In order to differentiate these two disorders from each other, quality of mood fluctuations, impulsivity types and linear progression of disorders should be carefully considered. There are various studies in mood stabilizer use, like lithium, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, sodium valproate and lamotrigine, in the treatment of borderline personality disorder. Moreover, there are also studies, which have revealed efficacies of risperidone, olanzapine and quetiapine as atypical antipsychotics. It is not easy to differentiate borderline personality disorder from the bipolar disorders. An intensively careful evaluation should be performed. This differentiation may be helpful also for the treatment. There are many studies about efficacy of valproate and lamotrigine in treatment of borderline personality disorder. However, findings related to other mood stabilizers are inadequate. Olanzapine and quetiapine are reported to be more effective among atypical antipsychotics. No drug is approved for the treatment of borderline personality disorder by the entitled authorities, yet. Psychotherapeutic approaches have preserved their significant places in treatment of borderline personality disorder. Moreover, symptom based approach is recommended in use of mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics.
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- Hasan Belli
- Psychiatry Clinic, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
- Corresponding author: Hasan Belli, Bagcilar Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi Bagcilar/Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Psychiatry Clinic, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Psychiatry Clinic, Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Differential diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder type II and borderline personality disorder: analysis of the affective dimension. Compr Psychiatry 2012; 53:952-61. [PMID: 22560773 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Revised: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Differential diagnosis between bipolar affective disorder type II and borderline personality disorder can be problematic yet a priority for effective treatment planning. Diagnosis is problematic when symptoms do not present enough intensity or duration to clear the issue but also when there is a relative overlap of criteria between both disorders. If for many patients, the diagnosis is more easily differentiated, confounding conditions are found in 20% of cases for which it becomes a significant issue. METHOD A research with the key words affective instability, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder on Medline and Psych-Info was done. Other references were found through this review in related articles. Comparison of data about the affective dimensions concerning bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder was noted. RESULTS Affective instability is a confounding factor: quality and intensity of affects, speed of fluctuations, affective response to social stress, and its modulation are core elements of affective instability that need to be analyzed to clarify a proper diagnosis. LIMITATIONS There is further necessity for research about affective instability in the 2 diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS Making a valid differential diagnosis has an important clinical value in order for the clinician to plan proper treatment. Analysis of the affective experience and its qualitative and quantitative facets can help establish it.
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Van Meter AR, Youngstrom EA, Findling RL. Cyclothymic disorder: A critical review. Clin Psychol Rev 2012; 32:229-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Revised: 01/01/2012] [Accepted: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Prendergast N, McCausland J. Dialectic Behaviour Therapy: A 12-Month Collaborative Program in a Local Community Setting. BEHAVIOUR CHANGE 2012. [DOI: 10.1375/bech.24.1.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AbstractThis study focuses on examining the efficacy of dialectic behaviour therapy (DBT) on female clients who meet the criteria of borderline personality disorder (BPD) within a community setting. A clinical sample of 11 women with BPD was provided with a 6-month DBT program that was collaboratively developed and delivered by Logan Women's Health service and Logan Central Adult Mental Health. Results indicate that DBT is an effective treatment for parasuicidal behaviour and decreased the frequency of medically severe suicide attempts. In addition, the duration of telephone contact, face-to-face contact and number and duration of hospital admissions decreased during the DBT program. The participants' psychological, social and occupational functioning improved. Of significance, depression levels also decreased on completion of the program. Future studies would benefit from a larger sample and a control group. This study demonstrates that DBT is an effective treatment for BPD clients within an Australian community setting and has many clinical benefits.
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BACKGROUND Research suggests that current diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorders may fail to include milder, but clinically significant, bipolar syndromes and that a substantial percentage of these conditions are diagnosed, by default, as unipolar major depression. Accordingly, a number of researchers have argued for the upcoming 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) to better account for subsyndromal hypomanic presentations. METHODS The present paper is a critical review of research on subthreshold bipolarity, and an assessment of some of the challenges that researchers and clinicians might face if the DSM-5 were designed to systematically document subsyndromal hypomanic presentations. RESULTS Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) who display subsyndromal hypomanic features, not concurrent with a major depressive episode, have a more severe course compared to individuals with MDD and no hypomanic features, and more closely resemble individuals with bipolar disorder on a number of clinical validators. CONCLUSION There are clinical and scientific reasons for systematically documenting subsyndromal hypomanic presentations in the assessment and diagnosis of mood disorders. However, these benefits are balanced with important challenges, including (i) the difficulty in reliably identifying subsyndromal hypomanic presentations, (ii) operationalizing subthreshold bipolarity, (iii) differentiating subthreshold bipolarity from borderline personality disorder, (iv) the risk of over-diagnosing bipolar spectrum disorders, and (v) uncertainties about optimal interventions for subthreshold bipolarity.
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- Robin Nusslock
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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Borderline personality disorder: considerations for inclusion in the Massachusetts parity list of "biologically-based" disorders. Psychiatr Q 2011; 82:95-112. [PMID: 20882344 DOI: 10.1007/s11126-010-9154-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a common and severe mental illness that is infrequently included under state mental health parity statutes. This review considers BPD parity, using the Massachusetts mental health parity statute as a model. While BPD can co-occur with other disorders, studies of its heritability, diagnostic validity/reliability, and response to specific treatments indicate it is best considered an independent disorder, one that negatively impacts the patient's treatment response to comorbid disorders, particularly mood disorders. Persons with BPD are high utilizers of treatment, especially emergency departments and inpatient hospitalizations-the most expensive forms of psychiatric treatment. While some patients remain chronically symptomatic, the majority improve. The findings from psychopharmacologic and other biologic treatment data, coupled with associated brain functioning findings, indicate BPD is a biologically-based disorder. Clinical data indicate that accurately diagnosing and treating BPD conserves resources and improves outcomes. Based on this analysis, insuring BPD in the same manner as other serious mental illnesses is well-founded and recommended.
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PERUGI GIULIO, FORNARO MICHELE, AKISKAL HAGOPS. Are atypical depression, borderline personality disorder and bipolar II disorder overlapping manifestations of a common cyclothymic diathesis? World Psychiatry 2011; 10:45-51. [PMID: 21379356 PMCID: PMC3048510 DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2011.tb00013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The constructs of atypical depression, bipolar II disorder and borderline personality disorder (BPD) overlap. We explored the relationships between these constructs and their temperamental underpinnings. We examined 107 consecutive patients who met DSM-IV criteria for major depressive episode with atypical features. Those who also met the DSM-IV criteria for BPD (BPD+), compared with those who did not (BPD-), had a significantly higher lifetime comorbidity for body dysmorphic disorder, bulimia nervosa, narcissistic, dependent and avoidant personality disorders, and cyclothymia. BPD+ also scored higher on the Atypical Depression Diagnostic Scale items of mood reactivity, interpersonal sensitivity, functional impairment, avoidance of relationships, other rejection avoidance, and on the Hopkins Symptoms Check List obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, anger-hostility, paranoid ideation and psychoticism factors. Logistic regression revealed that cyclothymic temperament accounted for much of the relationship between atypical depression and BPD, predicting 6 of 9 of the defining DSM-IV attributes of the latter. Trait mood lability (among BPD patients) and interpersonal sensitivity (among atypical depressive patients) appear to be related as part of an underlying cyclothymic temperamental matrix.
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- GIULIO PERUGI
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa,
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry,
University of Genoa, Italy
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- International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry,
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Little J, Richardson K. The clinician's dilemma: borderline personality disorder or bipolar spectrum disorder? Australas Psychiatry 2010; 18:303-8. [PMID: 20645894 DOI: 10.3109/10398561003702636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This paper aims to explore the use of science as a basis for introducing bipolar spectrum disorder to conceptualize people who may otherwise be described as having borderline personality disorder, and offer suggestions for the management of clinical dilemmas. CONCLUSIONS Testable observations, thoughtfulness and humility are helpful in clinical practice.
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- John Little
- Bodmin Hospital, Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Ruggero CJ, Zimmerman M, Chelminski I, Young D. Borderline personality disorder and the misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. J Psychiatr Res 2010; 44:405-8. [PMID: 19889426 PMCID: PMC2849890 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2009] [Revised: 09/23/2009] [Accepted: 09/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Recent reports suggest bipolar disorder is not only under-diagnosed but may at times be over-diagnosed. Little is known about factors that increase the odds of such mistakes. The present work explores whether symptoms of borderline personality disorder increase the odds of a bipolar misdiagnosis. Psychiatric outpatients (n=610) presenting for treatment were administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) and the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality for DSM-IV axis II disorders (SIDP-IV), as well as a questionnaire asking if they had ever been diagnosed with bipolar disorder by a mental health care professional. Eighty-two patients who reported having been previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder but who did not have it according to the SCID were compared to 528 patients who had never been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Patients with borderline personality disorder had significantly greater odds of a previous bipolar misdiagnosis, but no specific borderline criterion was unique in predicting this outcome. Patients with borderline personality disorder, regardless of how they meet criteria, may be at increased risk of being misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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The borderlines of bipolar affective disorder. Ir J Psychol Med 2009; 26:202-205. [PMID: 30282244 DOI: 10.1017/s0790966700000720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This paper provides an overview of the major studies of bipolar affective disorder (BAD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD), and assesses whether the disorders might be better understood as variants of the same basic disorder. There is a shortage of research that delineates the features of both disorders within their representative samples. As a consequence the symptomatic overlap of the disorders, detected by categorical assessment instruments, is often misconstrued as an indication of the disorders' high rates of comorbidity (up to 81%). In paying particular attention to features of both disorders, eg. affective instability and impulsivity, the paper provides evidence that BPD attenuates bipolar disorder along the spectrum of affective disorders, from non-classical bipolar presentation through to severe BAD with borderline features. The paper cites clinical, research and pharmacologic support of the contention that BPD, rather than representing a distinct disorder, is merely an attenuation of Axis I disorders, most especially bipolar affective disorder. Borderline personality is evident across the bipolar spectrum and exacerbates symptomatology and leads to poorer recovery prognosis.
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Goldberg JF, Garno JL. Age at onset of bipolar disorder and risk for comorbid borderline personality disorder. Bipolar Disord 2009; 11:205-8. [PMID: 19267703 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00653.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The relationship between bipolar disorder and cluster B personality disorders remains phenomenologically complex and controversial. We sought to examine the relationship between early age at onset of bipolar disorder and development of comorbid borderline personality disorder. METHODS A total of 100 adults in an academic specialty clinic for bipolar disorder underwent structured diagnostic interviews and clinical assessments to determine lifetime presence of comorbid borderline personality disorder, histories of childhood trauma, and clinical illness characteristics. RESULTS Logistic regression indicated that increasing age at onset of bipolar disorder was associated with a lower probability of developing comorbid borderline personality disorder (odds ratio = 0.91, 95% confidence interval: 0.83-0.99) while controlling for potential confounding factors, including a history of severe child trauma/abuse. CONCLUSION Early onset of bipolar disorder increases the probability of developing comorbid borderline personality disorder, independent of the effects of severe childhood trauma/abuse. In patients with borderline personality disorder, prospective studies of new-onset bipolar disorder may underestimate the prevalence of true comorbidity unless they capture the primary risk window for first-episode mania arising before the end of adolescence.
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- Joseph F Goldberg
- Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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OBJECTIVE A large-scale twin study implicated genetic influences on borderline personality disorder (BPD) features, with a heritability estimate of 42%. To date, no genome-wide linkage study has been conducted to identify the genomic region(s) containing the quantitative trait loci that influence the manifestation of BPD features. METHODS We conducted a family-based linkage study using Merlin regress. The participating families were drawn from the community-based Netherlands Twin Register. The sample consisted of 711 sibling pairs with phenotype and genotype data, and 561 additional parents with genotype data. BPD features were assessed on a quantitative scale. RESULTS Evidence for linkage was found on chromosomes 1, 4, 9, and 18. The highest linkage peak was found on chromosome 9p at marker D9S286 with a logarithm of odds score of 3.548 (empirical P=0.0001). CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the first linkage study on BPD features and shows that chromosome 9 is the richest candidate for genes influencing BPD. The results of this study will move the field closer to determining the genetic etiology of BPD and may have important implications for treatment programs in the future. Association studies in this region are, however, warranted to detect the actual genes.
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