It has long been recognized that stressful life events may cause emotional and behavioral
effects. In addition, the clinical phenomenon of PTSD has been known by various names …

Controversy surrounds the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in youth. This
meta-analysis summarised evidence regarding the aetiological and psychopathological …

Background Data from a community-based longitudinal study were used to investigate
whether childhood abuse and neglect increases risk for personality disorders (PDs) during …

BackgroundThe lack of prospective studies and data on male victims leaves major questions
regarding associations between child sexual abuse and subsequent psychopathology …

While placed on different axes of the DSM classification system, borderline personality
disorder (BPD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have important relationships with …

Praise for Rebuilding Shattered Lives, Second Edition" In this new edition of Rebuilding
Shattered Lives, Dr. Chu distills the wisdom he has gained from many years spent building …

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) were compared with a healthy control
group with regard to traumatic life events during childhood. The patients (n= 66) and controls …

Child maltreatment is a complex phenomenon, with four main types (childhood sexual
abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect) highly interrelated. All types of …

A childhood history of sexual or physical abuse is highly prevalent in borderline personality
disorder (BPD) and is associated with self-destructive behavior in clinical and nonclinical …

A meta-analysis of the published literature was performed to evaluate the common effect
size (r) of the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and Borderline …