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Figure 4 shows that, in addition to their surprisingly low frequency, derealization experiences actually discriminate the schizophrenics, who experience them more frequently (p .023). No significant differences are apparent for depersonalization. Nor does any difference appear for psychotic depressive symptoms. The borderline sample has more brief paranoid experiences than the neurotic group (p = .014) but not than the schizophrenics. The latter group, however, is much more likely to have widespread delusional beliefs in other areas (Ji <.001), which makes clinical discrimination quite easy. Although borderlines are slightly more likely to report psychotic experiences from marijuana or alcohol or persisting psychotic symptoms after psychotomimetics, this occurs too infrequently in these samples for any significant differences to surface. As expected, the schizophrenic sample presents significantly more of those psychotic symptoms specifically felt to be unlikely in borderlines, i.e., hallucinations, nihilistic and grandiose delusions, and patently absurd or bizarre delusional content (~ <.001). In hearing about past psychiatric contacts, the interviewers judged that the borderlines develop transient psychotic experiences within psychotherapy or have had a behavioral regression after hospitalization with much more frequency than either the schizophrenics (p = .003) or the neurotic depressives (p = .004). The section total score is significantly higher for the borderlines than for the neurotics (p = .012) but not than for the schizophrenics. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS Their most intense current relationships are frequently troubled by breakups. Their relationships are strongly dependent, masochistic, and marked by devaluation and conscious manipulative efforts. The interviewers could frequently see similarities between these interactional patterns and those described in the patient's relation to one of his parents -usually the mother. The current interactions seem to serve a substitutive function. During the research interviews, the borderlines are often quite suspicious and problems in rapport are common. Their past psychiatric hospitalizations often include a history of presenting special problems for the staff. The
summary statements all discriminate between one or both groups in this section
(see Figure 5). The borderlines differ from schizophrenics both in their disinclination
to and their difficulty in being alone (p = .0 1). The schizophrenics are more
often judged to be socially isolated "loners" (p <.001). The borderlines
seek anaclitic relations in which they act as care givers, yet they are in active
conflict about giving and receiving care. These patterns are less common for both
the scbizophrenics (p = .006) and the neurotics (p = .029). The quality of borderlines'
close relationships are more intense and unstable than for either the schizophrenic
(p = .001) or neurotic sample (p = .02). Problems with devaluation, manipulation,
and hostility are so characteristic and discriminatory that they contrast with
both comparison groups (p <.001). Problems with dependency and masochism are
also highly characteristic but only differ significantly from the schizophrenic
sample (p .006). After reviewing past relations with therapy persons, the interviewers
concluded that the borderline patients have almost always been involved in some
problem with staff splitting, countertransference problems, or "special"
relations to their past therapist (p <.001 with the schizophrenics, p = .005
with the neurotic depressives). This section is highly discriminatory over-all
between borderlines and both schizophrenics (p <.001) and neurotics (p= .005). Update - Kaurin, A., Dombrovski, A. Y., Hallquist, M. N., & Wright, A. G. C. (2022). Momentary interpersonal processes of suicidal surges in borderline personality disorder. Psychological medicine, 52(13), 2702–2712. |