Journal article
The relationship between impulsivity and vocational outcome in outpatient youth with borderline personality features
IT Sio, AM Chanen, EJ Killackey, J Gleeson
Early Intervention in Psychiatry | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2011
Abstract
Aim: This study aims to examine the relationship between each Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) borderline personality feature and vocational outcome (i.e. employment and education) in a sample of young people diagnosed with borderline personality pathology. Methods: The sample comprised 60 young people registered with a specialist early intervention programme for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Diagnostic data and vocational information were obtained from a standardized semistructured assessment and medical record review for a period of 12months from entry into the treatment programme. Results: DSM-IV criterion 4 'impulsivity' upon entry t..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Professor Henry Jackson, Dr Martina Jovev, Ms Emma McDougall, Ms Ai-Lan Nguyen and Ms Danica Djaja for their assistance. Orygen Youth Health Research Centre is supported by an unrestricted philanthropic grant from the Colonial Foundation, Melbourne, Australia.