Psychiatric disorders among offspring of patients with Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder

Objective As part of a larger study investigating biological risk factors for bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD), we investigated the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses presented by young BD or BPD offspring. With respect to the scarcity of studies interested in psychia...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 2019-10, Vol.75 (10), p.1810-1819
Main Authors: Küng, Anne‐Lise, Pham, Eleonore, Cordera, Paolo, Hasler, Roland, Aubry, Jean‐Michel, Dayer, Alexandre, Perroud, Nader, Piguet, Camille
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology
attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disorder - epidemiology
Borderline personality disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder - epidemiology
Child of Impaired Parents - statistics & numerical data
Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology
diagnosis
Disease Susceptibility - epidemiology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology
Female
high risk
Humans
Male
Mental disorders
Personality disorders
Prevalence
Regular
Young Adult
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Summary:Objective As part of a larger study investigating biological risk factors for bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD), we investigated the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses presented by young BD or BPD offspring. With respect to the scarcity of studies interested in psychiatric disorders among BPD offspring, we have chosen to report these results despite the small sample size for a prevalence study. Method We recruited 21 BD and 22 BPD offspring and 23 control subjects. All subjects were assessed with a structured interview. Results Our main finding suggests that BPD offspring present a higher rate of psychiatric disorders compared to BD offspring. Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder was the most prevalent disorder. Conclusion Our results contribute to the evidence that offspring of patients with BPD, are at high risk with regard to their mental health and deserve both more research and special attention at the clinical level.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/jclp.22817