title: The borderline syndrome: evolution of the term, genetic aspects, and prognosis.
abstract: "Borderline" has been used to designate conditions intermediate between psychosis and neurosis, analyzability and nonanalyzability; also, for dilute or questionable schizophrenia. Contemporary usage inclines toward patients with manic-depressive heredity, although borderlines are still etiologically heterogeneous. Various subtypes are outlined, each responsive to a particular method of psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy. If drug-abuse or antisocial tendencies are absent, prognosis is ofter favorable.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy