What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?
7. Who’s At Risk
It is difficult to say exactly who is likely to develop borderline personality disorder. However, the condition is associated with people that have had traumatic experiences in the past. Those can include those who had parents who abused substances when the patient was still young.
People that grew up in unstable households that saw a lot of conflict are also more likely to develop the condition. The condition is also more prevalent in people that suffered physical and/or sexual abuse when they were children. There is also thought to be a genetic link, and those with a history of the condition in their family are also more likely to develop it.
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