Psychotic symptoms in patients with borderline personality disorder: prevalence and clinical management
@article{Schroeder2013PsychoticSI, title={Psychotic symptoms in patients with borderline personality disorder: prevalence and clinical management}, author={Katrin Schroeder and Helen L. Fisher and Ingo Sch{\"a}fer}, journal={Current Opinion in Psychiatry}, year={2013}, volume={26}, pages={113–119} }
Purpose of review The aim of this article is to review findings on the prevalence, phenomenology and treatment of psychotic features in borderline personality disorder (BPD), and to discuss factors that might be related to their occurrence. Recent findings Of patients with BPD about 20–50% report psychotic symptoms. Hallucinations can be similar to those in patients with psychotic disorders in terms of phenomenology, emotional impact, and their persistence over time. Although more research is…
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