title: The etiology of borderline personality disorder: a biopsychosocial approach.
abstract: This paper proposes a biopsychosocial model of borderline personality disorder. Empirical findings are reviewed concerning the biological, psychological, and social risk factors for this disorder. A predisposition-stress model involving the interaction of multiple risk factors is hypothesized to account for these findings. The model could help account for the development of this disorder and has important clinical implications.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal QC, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D016487:Parenting; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors