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The Externalizing Pathway to Borderline Personality Disorder in Youth

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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of any five of nine symptoms from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Symptoms include emotional instability and anger, impulsive and suicidal behaviors, interpersonal turmoil, as well as cognitive and identity disturbances. The severe nature of BPD, including a high rate of concurrent comorbid psychiatric disorders and physical health problems, and with suicide rates almost 50 times higher in those with BPD than in the general population, BPD is a major public health concern (Frankenburg & Zanarini, 2006; Grant et al., 2008; Holm & Severinsson, 2011). In light of the serious costs associated with this disorder, elucidating pathways that lead to BPD is of the utmost importance in order to ultimately prevent such suffering.

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Stepp, S.D., Whalen, D.J., Pedersen, S.L. (2014). The Externalizing Pathway to Borderline Personality Disorder in Youth. In: Sharp, C., Tackett, J. (eds) Handbook of Borderline Personality Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0591-1_17

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