Highlights•Current aetiological theories for BPD adopt a lifespan approach.•Infancy is
marked by deficiencies in co-regulation and social communication.•Emotional dysregulation …

In this chapter, we describe our biosocial developmental model of borderline personality
disorder (BPD) with particular attention to recent empirical findings. We discuss core …

Contemporary theories for the aetiology of borderline personality disorder (BPD) take a
lifespan approach asserting that inborn biological predisposition is potentiated across …

This chapter provides an update of the mentalizing approach to borderline personality
disorder (BPD). We present a multilevel approach to BPD from a developmental …

This paper reviews recent studies of biological and environmental risk and protective factors
and patterns of continuity leading to borderline personality disorder (BPD). It focuses on …

The antecedents and risk factors and for developing borderline personality disorder (BPD)
are now well documented, but there is a paucity of developmental models to understand the …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder with a multifactorial
etiology. The development and maintenance of BPD is sustained by diverse neurobiological …

Great progress has been made in our understanding of borderline personality disorder
(BPD), a prevalent condition in clinical treatment settings that is characterized by significant …

A substantial body of research points to several variables relevant to the etiology of
borderline personality disorder (BPD), notably childhood physical and sexual abuse …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has onset in adolescence, but is typically first
diagnosed in young adulthood. This paper provides a narrative review of the current …