Etiology and epidemiological correlates of borderline personality disorder in older adults

Personality disorders are considered to be life-long and are modulated by interactions between the individual and the environment. However, personality disorders have not been well studied in later stages of life. In the case of borderline personality disorder (BPD), there has been much advance in early to mid-life epidemiology and phenomenology but relatively little is known about BPD in geriatric patients (i.e., aged 65 years and older). A …