TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Long-term course of borderline personality disorder: a prospective 10-year follow-up study
JO  - Journal of personality disorders
A1  - Alvarez-Tomás, Irene
A1  - Soler, Joaquim
A1  - Bados, Arturo
A1  - Martín-Blanco, Ana
A1  - Elices, Matilde
A1  - Carmona, Cristina
A1  - Bauzà, Joana
A1  - Pascual, Juan Carlos
SP  - 590
EP  - 605
VL  - 31
IS  - 5
N2  - The aim of this prospective study was to expand previously reported evidence on the 10-year clinical and functional course of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in a Spanish sample. Participants diagnosed with BPD were assessed at baseline and at 10-year follow-up to evaluate BPD symptomatology and other relevant clinical measures, suicidal behavior, dimensional personality traits, Axis I and II comorbidity, use of mental health resources, and psychosocial functioning. At the 10-year follow up, significant improvements were observed on BPD domains, suicidal behavior, and other clinical measures. Neuroticism, impulsiveness, and aggression-hostility features trended toward normalization, whereas activity and sociability were impaired over time. Comorbidity with Axis I and personality disorders remained high. Social functioning and occupational functioning were largely unchanged. These findings confirm the tendency toward a symptomatic remission of BPD over the long term with regard to symptom criteria and characteristic dimensional traits. However, psychosocial functioning remains impaired.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-579X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2016_30_269
ID  - ref1
ER  -