How Common is Borderline Personality Disorder in the Community and in Different Clinical Settings?

What is it about?

This paper reviews what is known about the prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Both community settings and various clinical settings (psychiatric clinics, primary care clinics, and specialty medical clinics) are considered. In addition, the prevalence of BPD in other subpopulations (university students, prisoners, adolescents, and elderly individuals) is considered.

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Why is it important?

This paper shows that BPD is fairly common, especially in certain forensic and clinical settings. We argue that clinicians should employ validated screening and diagnostic measures to identify individuals with this disorder, especially in settings where it is likely to be common. We also suggest further avenues for epidemiological and clinical research on this topic.