Longitudinal Course of Physical and Psychosocial Impairment in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Personality-Disordered Comparison Subjects: Description and Prediction.

This study describes the 8-year course of physical and psychosocial impairment in middle-aged patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and other personality disorders (OPD). This study also compares BPD subgroups (recovered vs. nonrecovered) and explores predictors of physical impairment.

Sustained Symptomatic Remission and Recovery and Their Loss Among Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Patients With Other Types of Personality Disorders: A 24-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study.

The first purpose of this study was to determine time to attainment of symptomatic remissions and recoveries of 2-12 years duration for those with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and patients with other personality disorders (OPDs); the second was to determine the stability of these outcomes. Two hundred ninety inpatients meeting both Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB-R) and criteria for BPD and 72 patients with OPDs were assessed during their index admission using a series of semistructured interviews. The same instruments were readministered at 12 contiguous 2-year time periods.

Levels of grit in patients with borderline personality disorder: Description and prediction.

This study describes the 6-year course of grit scores among patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) who have and have not experienced a symptomatic and psychosocial recovery. This study also explores predictors of grittiness in BPD patients. These patients (N = 224) were assessed as part of the McLean Study of Adult Development (MSAD).

The 24-Year Course of Symptomatic Disorders in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Personality-Disordered Comparison Subjects: Description and Prediction of Recovery From BPD.

Our first objective was to compare the prevalence of symptomatic disorders (formerly Axis I disorders) over 24 years of prospective follow-up among patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and other personality disordered comparison subjects as well as recovered vs nonrecovered borderline patients. Our second objective was to assess the relationship between the absence of 5 major classes of symptomatic disorders over time and the likelihood of concurrent recovery among borderline patients. The McLean Study of Adult Development (MSAD) is a naturalistic prospective follow-up study of 362 inpatients assessed at 12 contiguous 2-year follow-up waves.