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- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Etiology
- Part II Models
- Part III Individual Disorders and Clusters
- 9 Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9a Conceptual and Methodological Reflections on Schizotypy, Schizotypic Psychopathology, Cluster A Disorders, and Schizophrenia: Commentary on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9b Improved Operationalization and Measurement Are Central to the Future of Cluster A Personality Disorders: Commentary on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9c Cluster A Heterogeneity: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 10 Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10a Further Reflections on Assessment, Etiology, and Treatment: Commentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10b Integrating Neuroscience and Psychotherapy: Commentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10c The Promise of Applying a Developmental Psychopathology Framework to the Etiology and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 11 An Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11a What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Psychopathy? Commentary on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11b Issues of Emphasis in the Triarchic Psychopathy Model: Commentary on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11c An Agreeable Response to Questions and Criticisms: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 12 Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12a A Call for Scientific Caution: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12b Beyond Nucleus Diagnostic Conceptualizations: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12c Clinical Personality Science of Narcissism Should Include the Clinic: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 13 Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13a Epidemiological, Factor-Analytic, and Cognitive Factors in the Position of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder among the Cluster C Personality Disorders: Commentary on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13b Examining Cluster C Personality Pathology Using an Interpersonal Lens: Commentary on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13c Processes, Mechanisms, and Progress: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- Part IV Assessment
- Part V Treatment
- Index
- References
10 - Borderline Personality Disorder
from Part III - Individual Disorders and Clusters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Etiology
- Part II Models
- Part III Individual Disorders and Clusters
- 9 Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9a Conceptual and Methodological Reflections on Schizotypy, Schizotypic Psychopathology, Cluster A Disorders, and Schizophrenia: Commentary on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9b Improved Operationalization and Measurement Are Central to the Future of Cluster A Personality Disorders: Commentary on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9c Cluster A Heterogeneity: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 10 Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10a Further Reflections on Assessment, Etiology, and Treatment: Commentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10b Integrating Neuroscience and Psychotherapy: Commentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10c The Promise of Applying a Developmental Psychopathology Framework to the Etiology and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 11 An Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11a What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Psychopathy? Commentary on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11b Issues of Emphasis in the Triarchic Psychopathy Model: Commentary on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11c An Agreeable Response to Questions and Criticisms: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 12 Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12a A Call for Scientific Caution: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12b Beyond Nucleus Diagnostic Conceptualizations: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12c Clinical Personality Science of Narcissism Should Include the Clinic: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 13 Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13a Epidemiological, Factor-Analytic, and Cognitive Factors in the Position of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder among the Cluster C Personality Disorders: Commentary on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13b Examining Cluster C Personality Pathology Using an Interpersonal Lens: Commentary on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13c Processes, Mechanisms, and Progress: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- Part IV Assessment
- Part V Treatment
- Index
- References
Summary
Characterized by a combination of interpersonal, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive instability, borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious and often misunderstood condition. The prevalence of BPD is approximately 1.4 to 6%, with substantially higher estimates among psychiatric outpatients and inpatients. Beyond the personal costs of BPD in terms of suffering, BPD is strongly associated with functional impairment and high societal costs for mental healthcare. Clinical descriptions of BPD first appeared before the mid-twentieth century and have evolved to the present conceptualization of an overarching BPD construct represented by the key domains of emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, and interpersonal disturbance. BPD has a varying course, with many individuals achieving remission or recovery, but emotional and interpersonal vulnerabilities and functional impairments often persist for many years, even after structured treatment. The success of treatment for BPD over the past few decades, however, has countered common clinical lore that BPD patients are recalcitrant. Further, novel developments in research on the putative core vulnerabilities underlying BPD, as well as evidence that these vulnerabilities can be addressed in treatment, illuminate important future directions and hope for patients and loved ones affected by this disorder.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders , pp. 223 - 241Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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