en Health Improvement Strategies Health Improvement Strategies مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Background and Objective:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong>Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health disorder that affects the way people think and feel about themselves and others, causing problems in everyday life functions and attributes. BPD has a high comorbidity with mood disorders such as bipolar disorder (BD). The people with borderline personality traits (BPT) are not diagnosed as personality disorder but they have the traits of this personality disorder that can affect their mental health and function. The goal of this study was to investigate the role of BPT as a predictor of suicidal ideation in patients with BD.<br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Materials and Methods:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">This cross-sectional study was carried out on 50 individuals (25 women and 25 men) who were hospitalized in Shahid Beheshti psychiatric hospital, Zanjan, Iran. The patients were selected by structural clinical interview and then examined by borderline personality inventory (BPI) and Beck scale for suicide ideation (BSSI). The diagnosis of bipolar disorder was made by psychiatrists and clinical psychologists. </span><br> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistical methods and inferential statistics including independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and Multivariate regression analysis with stepwise methods.</span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Results:</span></span></strong>&nbsp;<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between BPT and suicidal ideation in patients with BD. Pearson correlation coefficient results revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the component of primary defense mechanisms as one of the BPT components and suicidal ideation in patients with BD. The results also showed that the type of mood disorder along with BPT and gender are not determinants of suicidal ideation in patients but, there is a relationship between BPT and suicidal ideation in bipolar patients.</span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Conclusion:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong>We showed a relationship between BPT and suicidal ideation in BD patients. Our study also showed that a high level of BPT which could lead to the diagnosis of BPD may be a risk factor for suicidal ideation. Thus, it seems that one of the central modifiable risk factors for suicidal ideation severity is BPD features.</span></span></p> Borderline personality disorder, Suicidal ideation, Bipolar disorder 184 190 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-6097-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Reza Bakhtiari rezabakhtiari1988@gmail.com 5200319475328460075602 5200319475328460075602 No Tooyserkan Health Care Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Elham Kavandi e.kavandi@zums.ac.ir 5200319475328460075603 5200319475328460075603 No Dept. of English Language Teaching, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Saeedeh Zenoozian zenoozian@zums.ac.ir 5200319475328460075604 5200319475328460075604 Yes Dept. of Clinical Psychology,School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Mina Shabani manaz@zums.ac.ir 5200319475328460075605 5200319475328460075605 No Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran