• DOI:10.1521/PEDI.1997.11.1.93
Corpus ID: 20669909

Pathways to the development of borderline personality disorder.

@article{Zanarini1997PathwaysTT,
  title={Pathways to the development of borderline personality disorder.},
  author={M. Zanarini and F. Frankenburg},
  journal={Journal of personality disorders},
  year={1997},
  volume={11 1},
  pages={
          93-104
        }
}

M. Zanarini, F. Frankenburg

Published 1997

Psychology, Medicine

Journal of personality disorders

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The available empirical evidence concerning the etiology of borderline personality disorder is reviewed. A tripartite model of the development of BPD is then presented. This model has three elements: a traumatic childhood (broadly defined), a vulnerable (hyperbolic) temperament, and a triggering event or series of events. The authors conclude that each borderline patient has a unique pathway to the development of BPD that is a painful variation on an unfortunate but familiar theme.