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Borderline personality disorder

MedGen UID:
14197
Concept ID:
C0006012
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Borderline personality disorder (disease)
SNOMED CT: Borderline personality disorder (20010003); BPD - borderline personality disorder (20010003)
 
HPO: HP:0012076
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001156

Definition

A personality disorder characterized by impulsive behavior and unpredictable and capricious mood. Affected individuals show a liability to outbursts of emotion and an incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBorderline personality disorder

Conditions with this feature

Intellectual developmental disorder with or without epilepsy or cerebellar ataxia
MedGen UID:
1648354
Concept ID:
C4748041
Disease or Syndrome

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Cichoń L, Janas-Kozik M, Siwiec A, Rybakowski JK
Psychiatr Pol 2020 Mar 29;54(1):35-50. doi: 10.12740/PP/OnlineFirst/92740. PMID: 32447355
Bayes A, Parker G, Paris J
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2019 Nov 20;21(12):125. doi: 10.1007/s11920-019-1120-2. PMID: 31749106
Paris J
Psychiatr Clin North Am 2018 Dec;41(4):575-582. Epub 2018 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2018.07.001. PMID: 30447725

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Mendez-Miller M, Naccarato J, Radico JA
Am Fam Physician 2022 Feb 1;105(2):156-161. PMID: 35166488
Reichl C, Kaess M
Curr Opin Psychol 2021 Feb;37:139-144. Epub 2021 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.12.007. PMID: 33548678
Stone MH
Psychodyn Psychiatry 2019 Spring;47(1):5-26. doi: 10.1521/pdps.2019.47.1.5. PMID: 30840560
Kaess M, Brunner R, Chanen A
Pediatrics 2014 Oct;134(4):782-93. Epub 2014 Sep 22 doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3677. PMID: 25246626
Leichsenring F, Leibing E, Kruse J, New AS, Leweke F
Lancet 2011 Jan 1;377(9759):74-84. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61422-5. PMID: 21195251

Diagnosis

Leichsenring F, Heim N, Leweke F, Spitzer C, Steinert C, Kernberg OF
JAMA 2023 Feb 28;329(8):670-679. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.0589. PMID: 36853245
Bayes A, Parker G, Paris J
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2019 Nov 20;21(12):125. doi: 10.1007/s11920-019-1120-2. PMID: 31749106
Stone MH
Psychodyn Psychiatry 2019 Spring;47(1):5-26. doi: 10.1521/pdps.2019.47.1.5. PMID: 30840560
Paris J
Psychiatr Clin North Am 2018 Dec;41(4):575-582. Epub 2018 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2018.07.001. PMID: 30447725
Leichsenring F, Leibing E, Kruse J, New AS, Leweke F
Lancet 2011 Jan 1;377(9759):74-84. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61422-5. PMID: 21195251

Therapy

Stoffers-Winterling JM, Storebø OJ, Kongerslev MT, Faltinsen E, Todorovac A, Sedoc Jørgensen M, Sales CP, Edemann Callesen H, Pereira Ribeiro J, Völlm BA, Lieb K, Simonsen E
Br J Psychiatry 2022 Sep;221(3):538-552. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.204. PMID: 35088687
Gartlehner G, Crotty K, Kennedy S, Edlund MJ, Ali R, Siddiqui M, Fortman R, Wines R, Persad E, Viswanathan M
CNS Drugs 2021 Oct;35(10):1053-1067. Epub 2021 Sep 8 doi: 10.1007/s40263-021-00855-4. PMID: 34495494Free PMC Article
Del Casale A, Bonanni L, Bargagna P, Novelli F, Fiaschè F, Paolini M, Forcina F, Anibaldi G, Cortese FN, Iannuccelli A, Adriani B, Brugnoli R, Girardi P, Paris J, Pompili M
Curr Neuropharmacol 2021;19(10):1760-1779. doi: 10.2174/1570159X19666210610092958. PMID: 34151763Free PMC Article
Barnicot K, Crawford M
Psychol Med 2019 Sep;49(12):2060-2068. Epub 2018 Oct 10 doi: 10.1017/S0033291718002878. PMID: 30303061
Stoffers JM, Völlm BA, Rücker G, Timmer A, Huband N, Lieb K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD005652. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005652.pub2. PMID: 22895952Free PMC Article

Prognosis

West ML, Guest RM, Carmel A
Personal Ment Health 2021 Aug;15(3):208-222. Epub 2021 May 5 doi: 10.1002/pmh.1509. PMID: 33955194
Temes CM, Zanarini MC
Psychiatr Clin North Am 2018 Dec;41(4):685-694. Epub 2018 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2018.07.002. PMID: 30447732
Biskin RS, Paris J
CMAJ 2012 Nov 6;184(16):1789-94. Epub 2012 Sep 17 doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090618. PMID: 22988153Free PMC Article
Antoniadis D, Samakouri M, Livaditis M
Psychiatr Q 2012 Dec;83(4):449-65. doi: 10.1007/s11126-012-9214-6. PMID: 22392448
Paris J
CMAJ 2005 Jun 7;172(12):1579-83. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.045281. PMID: 15939918Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Palmer BA, Pahwa M, Geske JR, Kung S, Nassan M, Schak KM, Alarcon RD, Frye MA, Singh B
Brain Behav 2021 Jul;11(7):e02201. Epub 2021 May 30 doi: 10.1002/brb3.2201. PMID: 34056864Free PMC Article
Lyssenko L, Schmahl C, Bockhacker L, Vonderlin R, Bohus M, Kleindienst N
Am J Psychiatry 2018 Jan 1;175(1):37-46. Epub 2017 Sep 26 doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17010025. PMID: 28946763
Bornstein RF, Becker-Matero N, Winarick DJ, Reichman AL
J Pers Disord 2010 Feb;24(1):109-27. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.1.109. PMID: 20205501
Silk KR
J Pers Disord 2010 Feb;24(1):25-37. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.1.25. PMID: 20205497
Zanarini MC, Vujanovic AA, Parachini EA, Boulanger JL, Frankenburg FR, Hennen J
J Pers Disord 2003 Jun;17(3):233-42. doi: 10.1521/pedi.17.3.233.22147. PMID: 12839102

Recent systematic reviews

Stoffers-Winterling JM, Storebø OJ, Kongerslev MT, Faltinsen E, Todorovac A, Sedoc Jørgensen M, Sales CP, Edemann Callesen H, Pereira Ribeiro J, Völlm BA, Lieb K, Simonsen E
Br J Psychiatry 2022 Sep;221(3):538-552. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.204. PMID: 35088687
Gartlehner G, Crotty K, Kennedy S, Edlund MJ, Ali R, Siddiqui M, Fortman R, Wines R, Persad E, Viswanathan M
CNS Drugs 2021 Oct;35(10):1053-1067. Epub 2021 Sep 8 doi: 10.1007/s40263-021-00855-4. PMID: 34495494Free PMC Article
Steele KR, Townsend ML, Grenyer BFS
PLoS One 2019;14(10):e0223038. Epub 2019 Oct 1 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223038. PMID: 31574104Free PMC Article
Cristea IA, Gentili C, Cotet CD, Palomba D, Barbui C, Cuijpers P
JAMA Psychiatry 2017 Apr 1;74(4):319-328. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.4287. PMID: 28249086
Stoffers JM, Völlm BA, Rücker G, Timmer A, Huband N, Lieb K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD005652. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005652.pub2. PMID: 22895952Free PMC Article

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