Citation

Benoit JP, Moro MR. Inf. Psychiatr. 2016; 92(2): 137-142.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, John Libbey Eurotext)

DOI

10.1684/ipe.2016.1449

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and frequent disorder, and has its onset in adolescence. Clinicians are often reluctant to diagnose BPD in adolescence, because of a controversy regarding the reliability and the validity of this disorder prior to adulthood. Little is known about the long-term prognosis associated with this disorder. As in adulthood, borderline adolescents seem to have a wide range of outcomes, between clinical remission, to suicide, addiction, and poor levels of social functioning. If borderline symptoms resolve relatively quickly, dysphoric states and affective symptoms are more pervasive and persistent.

Language: fr

Keywords

Adolescent; Prognosis; Evolution; Borderline; Medical diagnosis