Clinical overlap between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder in male veterans

摘要

The associated features, high rates of comorbidity and chronicity ofPosttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) raisequestions regarding the distinctiveness of the two disorders. The present study expandsupon previous literature by providing an investigation of clinical features across twogroups: PTSD only and comorbid PTSD and BPD in a sample of male veterans (n=178).Results suggest that the two groups were distinct, with the comorbid group displayinghigher levels of depression, hostility, alcohol use and general psychopathology. Groupsdid not differ on rates of personal trauma, adult sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse,attack, accident or disaster. The two groups did differ significantly on rates of childhoodviolence.