Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies
Overview
This comprehensive review outlines the diagnostic criteria, clinical presentation, and etiology of borderline personality disorder, noting its prevalence and association with other mental health conditions. It discusses the disorder's neurobiological underpinnings and highlights psychotherapy as the primary treatment modality. The resource summarizes evidence supporting various empirically validated approaches, such as dialectical behavior therapy and schema therapy, while noting that no single approach has proven superior to others.
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- OpenAlex
- Author
- Falk Leichsenring (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), Peter Fonagy (University College London), Nikolas Heim (International Psychoanalytic University Berlin), Otto F. Kernberg (Cornell University), Frank Leweke (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), Patrick Luyten (University College London), Simone Salzer (International Psychoanalytic University Berlin), Carsten Spitzer (University of Rostock), Christiane Steinert (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
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- 2024-01-12
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- bronze
- DOI
- 10.1002/wps.21156
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- 256
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@article{allodium:0fc78e55e0054316,
title = {Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies},
author = {Falk Leichsenring and Peter Fonagy and Nikolas Heim and Otto F. Kernberg and Frank Leweke and Patrick Luyten and Simone Salzer and Carsten Spitzer and Christiane Steinert},
year = {2024},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.1002/wps.21156},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21156}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies AU - Leichsenring, Falk AU - Fonagy, Peter AU - Heim, Nikolas AU - Kernberg, Otto F. AU - Leweke, Frank AU - Luyten, Patrick AU - Salzer, Simone AU - Spitzer, Carsten AU - Steinert, Christiane PY - 2024 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.1002/wps.21156 UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21156 ER -
APA
Leichsenring, F., Fonagy, P., Heim, N., Kernberg, O. F., Leweke, F., Luyten, P., Salzer, S., Spitzer, C., & Steinert, C. (2024). Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21156
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