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Borderline Personality and Quality of Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M. Touhami ,
F. Ouriaghli ,
F. Manoudi  and
F. Asri
M. Touhami
Affiliation:
Academic Military Psychiatric Unit, Ibn Sina Hospital, Marrakesh, Morocco
F. Ouriaghli
Affiliation:
Academic Military Psychiatric Unit, Ibn Sina Hospital, Marrakesh, Morocco
F. Manoudi
Affiliation:
Academic Psychiatric Unit, CHU Mohamed VI, Marrakesh, Morocco
F. Asri
Affiliation:
Academic Psychiatric Unit, CHU Mohamed VI, Marrakesh, Morocco

Abstract

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Introduction

The borderline personality disorder is the most frequent personality disorder in psychiatry.

It causes significant changes in social, family and professional functioning, wish can sometimes be severe enough to cause an alteration of quality of life for this patients.

Objective

To assess the quality of life among people with borderline personality in order to improve patients care.

Methods

A retrospective study on 25 patients hospitalized in our hospital during the period between 2006 and 2008.

Results

In 92% of our sample, there is a social impact, represented by social and family isolation (64% of cases), separations, divorces (28%). 40% of patients are in a good economical level. 56% of the sample had no education beyond high school, only 36% were able to attend college. In 96% of cases, the symptoms have affected the education and occupation with dropout in 56% fragile employability in 28% and job loss in 12%.

Conclusion

BPD sounds significantly on the social and professional integration of patients, so consequently on the quality of life. Pharmacological treatment alone is not enough. Individual psychotherapy and group rehabilitation activities can contribute on improving the quality of life of borderline subjects.

Type
P02-448
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 1044
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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