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| Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2009): |
Borderline personality disorder: ontogeny of a diagnosis.
Full Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to describe the development of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis, highlighting both the obstacles encountered and the associated achievements. METHOD: On the basis of a review of the literature, the author provides a chronological account of the borderline construct in psychiatry, summarizing progress in decade-long intervals. RESULTS: Borderline personality disorder has moved from being a psychoanalytic colloquialism for untreatable neurotics to becoming a valid diagnosis with significant heritability and with specific and effective psychotherapeutic treatments. Nonetheless, patients with this disorder pose a major public health problem while they themselves remain highly stigmatized and largely neglected. CONCLUSIONS: Despite remarkable changes in our knowledge about borderline personality disorder, increased awareness involving much more education and research is still needed. Psychiatric institutions, professional organizations, public policies, and reimbursement agencies need to prioritize this need.
Author information
Author/s: Gunderson, John G (JG);
Affiliation: McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA. psychosocial(-atsign-)mcleanpo.mclean.org
Grants: MH400122 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS) ; MH400130 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Review
Journal: The American journal of psychiatry (Am J Psychiatry), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-May; vol 166 (issue 5) : pp 530-9
Dates: Created 2009/05/04; Completed 2009/06/30;
PMID: 19411380, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 6/30/2009)
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Comments and Corrections
CommentIn: Am J Psychiatry. 2009 May;166(5):509-11. (PMID: 19411374)
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