Citation

Zanarini MC, Frankenburg FR. J. Personal. Disord. 1997; 11(1): 93-104.

Affiliation

Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Guilford Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9113824

Abstract

The available empirical evidence concerning the etiology of borderline personality disorder is reviewed. A tripartite model of the development of BPD is then presented. This model has three elements: a traumatic childhood (broadly defined), a vulnerable (hyperbolic) temperament, and a triggering event or series of events. The authors conclude that each borderline patient has a unique pathway to the development of BPD that is a painful variation on an unfortunate but familiar theme.

Language: en