Personality Disorders and Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study |
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| Authors: | Neil R. Bockian Angela Lee Claudia S. Fidanque |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Division of Argosy University, Chicago, Illinois;(2) St. Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York;(3) Mental Health Unit, Harlem Valley Secure Center, Wingdale, New York |
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| Abstract: | A substantial body of research has found that spinal cord injury (SCI) patients have relatively high degrees of energy, impulsivity, and risk-taking (W. Fordyce, 1964; G. P. Taylor, 1970; B. Woodbury, 1978). The present study endeavors to extend our knowledge to the personality disorder (PD) domain. Forty SCI participants and 40 matched controls were given a semistructured diagnostic interview and a self-report personality disorder instrument. Findings indicated that 27.5% of SCI patients, and a similar number of controls, have PDs. Unexpectedly, impulsive/externalizing disorders (histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial, and borderline) were not unusually high in SCI patients, and were not higher than controls. Avoidant and depressive disorders were unexpectedly high. |
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| Keywords: | spinal cord injury personality disorders |
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