title: The persistence of borderline personality disorder in adolescence.
abstract: The stability of borderline personality disorder in adolescents is quite uncertain. To determine the persistence of the borderline personality disorder (BPD) and of separate borderline symptoms in adolescents, a follow-up study was conducted of hospitalized adolescents with (n = 14) and without (n = 22) BPD, according to the diagnostic interview for borderline patients (DIB). Of the 14 borderline adolescents, only two cases were again classified as BPD after 3 years, but some of the separate borderline symptoms were still present. In the nonborderline group, no new borderline cases were found after 3 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Leiden University, Netherlands. m.meijer@inter.nl.net
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Goedhart
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Treffers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000503:physiopathology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male