Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi (May 2019)

Sexual physical abuse in personality disorder: Menderes personality disorder research results

  • Hulya Arslantas,
  • Orkun Erkayiran,
  • Cigdem Dereboy,
  • Mehmet Eskin,
  • Ferhan Dereboy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5505/kpd.2018.44265
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 157 – 168

Abstract

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Objective: This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between different types of childhood trauma and DSM-IV personality disorders. Method: The research's data were collected from 120 patients who were treated in a psychiatric clinic and a polyclinic between 2010-2013 at a university in the west. Patients were evaluated for both DSM-III-R personality disorders by SCID-II and DSM-IV-TR axis I pathologies. Results: A total of 120 (80 female, 40 male) psychiatric patients aged between 16 and 63 years participated in the study. 65% of the participants were treated from out patient, and 35% of them were hospitalized. Approximately 32% of psychiatric patients reported sexual abuse and 70% physical abuse. It is found that there is a significant relationship between borderline personality disorder and the frequency of sexual abuse and that the probability of borderline personality disorder is approximately six times higher when compared to other patients. The results of an analysis of the relationship between specific personality disorder diagnoses and physical abuse narratives reveal that the rate of physical abuse among patients receiving borderline personality disorder can be reported at a higher rate (Odds ratio: 6.6 times). Borderline personality disorder is approximately 5.5 times more likely to be diagnosed in patients with diagnosed positive abuse than other patients with personality disorder or personality disorder. Approximately 3/4 of the patients participating in the study did not meet the diagnostic criteria for personality disorder. Approximately 1/3 of people with sexual abuse at any age and the most common diagnosis of sexual physical abuse are personality disorder type borderline personality disorder. Discussion: As a result of these findings, it is possible to emphasize the role of preventive mental health services, especially informative education in schools, especially in the prevention of childhood abuse and neglect.

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