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Frequency of Borderline Personality Disorder in a Sample of French High School Students

2001; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 46; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/070674370104600909

1497-0015

Henri Chabrol, A Montovany, K. Chouicha, Stacey Callahan, Étienne Mullet,

Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

To estimate the frequency of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in French high school students.A random sample of high school students (n = 1363) ranging in age from 13 to 20 years agreed to complete a questionnaire, the Screening Test for Comorbid Personality Disorders (STCPD); 107 of them volunteered to be interviewed. We assessed this group using the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB-R). We conducted a regression analysis to determine a cut-off for BPD diagnosis with the STCPD.We estimated the overall frequency of BPD to be 10% for boys and 18% for girls. After a peak of frequency at age 14 years for both sexes, the frequency increased significantly again in late adolescence.This study found a high frequency of BPD in French adolescents, which adds to questions regarding the validity of diagnosing this disorder in adolescents.