title: [The evolution of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis: past, present and future].
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to go along the different senses and meanings that borderline diagnosis has had across time. On behalf of this, many original papers as well as textbooks and other works are analyzed, to define the way and significant points in the discovery or construction of this critical pathology, that even today still divides the opinions in health world community. From Prichard, to Stern, Deutsch, Grinker and Knight, till Kernberg, Gunderson, Linehan and Fonagy we try to put clear the most important contributions of each author.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. Daniel.matusevich@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matusevich
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Vairo
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005544:Forecasting; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000266:history; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis