PMID- 34193286 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240402 IS - 2051-6673 (Print) IS - 2051-6673 (Electronic) IS - 2051-6673 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Jul 1 TI - Psychosocial functioning in adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: the roles of childhood maltreatment, borderline personality disorder and depression. PG - 21 LID - 10.1186/s40479-021-00161-x [doi] LID - 21 AB - BACKGROUND: There is a lack of studies examining psychosocial functioning in patients with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), especially in adolescents, and rates of impaired functioning in existing literature vary considerably. These variations may be attributable to further risk factors that influence psychosocial functioning. Thus, the aim of the study was to examine whether adolescent NSSI patients with childhood maltreatment (CM), a known risk factor for lower psychosocial functioning, may differ from adolescent NSSI patients without CM, and whether these differences may be explained by the severity of comorbid disorders. Specifically, we examined whether severity of borderline personality disorder (BPD), depression and posttraumatic stress disorder may explain differences in psychosocial functioning in NSSI patients with and without CM. METHODS: Data of 368 adolescents with NSSI disorder from an outpatient clinic were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Clinicans' rating of the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF) was collected, in addition to clinical interviews. RESULTS: Results indicate that GAF scores were lower among NSSI patients with CM and that the difference in psychosocial functioning between these groups was explained by BPD and depression severity. CONCLUSIONS: Psychosocial functioning in NSSI patients varies depending on whether they have experienced CM or not. Specifically, these differences seem to be attributable to higher BPD and depression severity in adolescent NSSI patients with CM. Clinicians should ensure to assess CM and focus on BPD and depression severity in this population. Treatment of BPD and depression may notably reduce psychosocial impairment in NSSI patients with CM. FAU - Ghinea, Denisa AU - Ghinea D AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Fuchs, Anna AU - Fuchs A AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Parzer, Peter AU - Parzer P AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Koenig, Julian AU - Koenig J AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. AD - University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. FAU - Resch, Franz AU - Resch F AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Kaess, Michael AU - Kaess M AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. michael.kaess@upd.ch. AD - University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. michael.kaess@upd.ch. LA - eng GR - 23011121/Dietmar Hopp Stiftung (DE)/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210701 PL - England TA - Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul JT - Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation JID - 101650634 PMC - PMC8246665 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Borderline personality disorder OT - Childhood maltreatment OT - Depression OT - Psychosocial functioning OT - Structural equation model COIS- The authors were independent of the funders in all aspects of study design, data analysis, and writing of this manuscript and have no competing of interest to declare. EDAT- 2021/07/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/02 06:01 PMCR- 2021/07/01 CRDT- 2021/07/01 05:53 PHST- 2020/11/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/01 05:53 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s40479-021-00161-x [pii] AID - 161 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s40479-021-00161-x [doi] PST - epublish SO - Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul. 2021 Jul 1;8(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s40479-021-00161-x.