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Trauma, Borderline Personality, and Self-harm Behaviors
Randy A. Sansone, MD;
Lori A. Sansone, MD
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Tulsa
Michael W. Wiederman, PhD
University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita
Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(12):1000-1001.
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We wish to respond to Dr Lucy Candib's Editorial, "Moving on to Strengths," which appeared in the May 1995 edition of Archives of Family Medicine.1 Throughout the Editorial, Dr Candib refers to our article, "The Prevalence of Trauma and Its Relationship to Borderline Personality Symptoms and Self-destructive Behaviors in a Primary Care Setting."2 In this article, we report that 70.7% of subjects (152 consecutive women seen in a primary care setting for routine gynecological care) acknowledged some type of trauma in their lives (eg, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect, witnessing of violence) and that there was a significant correlation between the acknowledged number of abuse categories and borderline personality symptoms as well as self-harm behaviors.
We share Dr Candib's respect and appreciation of the vulnerabilities and strengths of the women (and men) who have been victims of early abuse. Indeed, this research represents our sincere
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