title: The structure and development of borderline personality disorder: a proposed model.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The theory of cognitive analytic therapy is extended to offer an understanding of borderline personality disorder (BPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A structural model (the multiple self states model) and a classification of different levels of developmental damage are proposed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The model offers an explanation of the phenomenology of BPD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The multiple self states model provides insights that will be useful for clinicians involved in the psychotherapy and management of BPD patients.
authors.affiliation: Munro Clinic, Guy's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ryle
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012649:Self Concept