Biparental psychopathology and borderline personality disorder. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The pathology of parents is thought to be associated with the emergence of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) among offspring by both genetic and environmental pathways (Links and Blum 1990). In an effort toward clearer delineation, not only reliable diagnoses of patients, but also direct study of families, are recommended (Gunderson 1990; Gunderson and Zanarini 1989; Links and Blum 1990; Ogata et al. 1990; Zanarini et al. 1990). With this in mind, we conducted a pilot, retrospective study of parental psychiatric status, developmental events, and family climate during the developmental years of 30 young women hospitalized for BPD, to be reported here. In studying these three dimensions of family life, we hoped to shed light on environmental underpinings (Gunderson 1990; Gunderson and Zanarini 1989; Links 1992; Rutter and Quinton 1984). Even though our cohort is small and select, and the data on a comparison group not yet available, our research approach holds promise of yielding fresh insights.

publication date

  • January 1, 1997

Research

keywords

  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Parents

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0030878779

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1080/00332747.1997.11024796

PubMed ID

  • 9257356

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 60

issue

  • 2