ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To investigate Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and associated psychiatric disorders in real clinical practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fifty patients (72% female; n=36; 28% male; n=14, aged 22.4±4.3 years) with ICD-10 diagnosis F60.31 «Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, Borderline Type¼ were examined. Research methods included a clinical follow-up method and psychometric assessment. RESULTS: The majority of patients were female (72%). Asocial environment and low social status were typical for the patients with BPD. The vast majority of patients (86%; n=43) were not diagnosed with BPD when they first consulted a psychiatrist. In 24% of patients comorbid psychiatric disorders were diagnosed, of which affective spectrum disorders were predominant. Depressive (94%) and anxiety (80%) syndromes were leading in the clinical presentation. BPD patients were characterized by the absence of somatic components of depression, vitality of affect. CONCLUSIONS: Women are predominant among patients with BPD in outpatient practice. Impairment of interpersonal interaction and antisocial environment were typical for them. Comorbidity of BPD and affective disorders, mostly anxious-depressive, was confirmed. Low diagnosability of BPD at the initial psychiatric examination was established.
