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Borderline personality disorder: a comparison between children and adults
Carla Sharp1, Catherine Romero
1Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. csharp@hnl.bcm.tmc.edu
Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
|August 2, 2007
Summary
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) in children shows developmental differences from adults, but enough overlap exists to support further study. Juvenile BPD warrants more research into comorbidity and neurobiology.
Area of Science:
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Developmental Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Growing empirical research on borderline personality disorder (BPD) in youth.
- Need to understand the diagnostic utility of BPD in childhood and adolescence.
Purpose of the Study:
- Compare diagnostic phenomena of BPD in child/adolescent samples versus adult samples.
- Establish the construct's utility in younger populations.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review of 58 studies from 1940-2006 in PubMed and PsycInfo.
- Included comprehensive reviews of adult BPD literature from the past 5 years.
Main Results:
- Observed significant differences in BPD phenomena between juveniles and adults.
- Differences are explainable by heterotypic developmental continuity.
- Sufficient overlap identified to justify further investigation of juvenile BPD.
Conclusions:
- The construct of borderline personality disorder (BPD) appears viable in childhood and adolescence.
- Future research should focus on juvenile BPD comorbidity, measure development, and neurobiological correlates like functional neuroimaging.
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