Borderline Symptoms at Age 12 Signal Risk for Poor Outcomes During the Transition to Adulthood: Findings From a Genetically Sensitive Longitudinal Cohort Study

Borderline personality disorder in adolescence remains a controversial construct. Here we addressed concerns about the prognostic significance of adolescent borderline pathology by testing whether borderline symptoms at age 12 years predict functioning during the transition to adulthood, at age 18 years, in areas critical to life-course development.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - July 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jasmin Wertz, Avshalom Caspi, Antony Ambler, Louise Arseneault, Daniel W. Belsky, Andrea Danese, Helen L. Fisher, Timothy Matthews, Leah Richmond-Rakerd, Terrie E. Moffitt Tags: New Research Source Type: research