PROSPECTIVE STUDIES OF OUTCOME Understanding Mechanisms of Change in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

The authors propose a conceptual model of recovery from BPD that takes into account empiric findings regarding the dynamic relationships between severity of BPD symptoms, age, impulsivity, and duration of a healing relationship. The model assumes that each factor related to the course of BPD essentially lies on a continuum and interacts with the remaining important factors. The model also preserves the relative relationships, with age and …