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  • Complex PTSD (cPTSD) includes core PTSD symptoms plus emotion, self-organization, and relational dysregulation.
  • Significant overlap exists between cPTSD and borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnostic criteria.

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  • To review clinical and scientific findings on BPD, PTSD, and cPTSD comorbidity, phenomenology, and neurobiology.
  • To explore the role of traumatic victimization, dissociation, and affect dysregulation in BPD and cPTSD.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of clinical and scientific findings.
  • Comparative analysis of BPD, PTSD, and cPTSD.
  • Examination of psychological trauma, dissociation, and affect dysregulation.

Main Results:

  • BPD may exhibit heterogeneity related to psychological trauma, extending beyond PTSD comorbidity.
  • Childhood victimization-related dissociation and affect dysregulation are consistent with cPTSD in BPD.
  • Substantial overlap between BPD and cPTSD exists, but they are not interchangeable.

Conclusions:

  • cPTSD should not be viewed as a replacement for BPD or a subtype of BPD.
  • A differentiated view of cPTSD, BPD, and PTSD has implications for clinical practice and research.
  • Nuanced understanding of psychological trauma's role in BPD is enhanced by considering cPTSD characteristics.