Trial reportCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2022
A Comparison of Adolescent versus Young Adult Outpatients with First-Presentation Borderline Personality Disorder: Findings from the MOBY Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Baseline correlates of functional impairment at 12 months in young people with borderline personality disorder: findings from the MOBY trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Effect of 3 Forms of Early Intervention for Young People With Borderline Personality Disorder: The MOBY Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA psychiatry · 2022Trial
- Economic evaluation of three forms of early intervention for young people with borderline personality disorder: a within-trial cost-utility analysis from the MOBY clinical trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Validation of the Personality Disorder Severity for ICD-11 (PDS-ICD-11) Scale in a Danish Mixed Clinical and Prison Treatment Sample.Personality and mental health · 2025Article
- Association ofCell journal · 2023Article
- Neighbourhood characteristics and the treated incidence rate of borderline personality pathology among young people.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Towards a youth mental health paradigm: a perspective and roadmap.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Review
- Associations of state or trait dissociation with severity of psychopathology in young people with borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2023Article
- Early Intervention for Personality Disorder.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2022Article
- Potential mechanisms underlying sleep disturbance in young people with borderline personality disorder features: an exploratory study.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe increasing focus on adolescent personality disorder has tended to ignore evidence of the developmental continuity of the period from puberty to young adulthood. This study aims to: (1) describe the characteristics of a sample of young people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) who had no previous history of evidence-based treatment for the disorder and (2) compare their characteristics by participant age group.
methodsOne hundred and thirty-nine young people (15 to 25 years) with BPD, newly enrolled in the Monitoring Outcomes of BPD in Youth randomized controlled trial, completed semi-structured interview and self-report measures assessing demographic, clinical, and functional characteristics. Younger (aged 15 to 17 years;
resultsYoung outpatients with BPD had extensive and severe psychopathology and were functioning poorly. Adolescents and young adults with BPD showed substantial similarities on 20 key aspects of their presentation. Significant between-groups differences were observed in household makeup, treatment history, antisocial personality disorder, emotion dysregulation, substance use, age of commencement and extent of self-harm, and achievement of age-appropriate educational milestones. Adolescent BPD group membership was predicted by family composition and self-harm, whereas young adult BPD group membership was predicted by not achieving age-appropriate milestones, vocational disengagement, and emotion dysregulation. The final model explained 54% of the variance and correctly classified 80.2% of the sample by age.
conclusionsBoth adolescents and young adults with early stage BPD present with severe and often similar problems to one another, supporting developmental continuity across this age range. However, there are also meaningful differences in presentation, suggesting that pathways to care might differ by age and/or developmental stage. Detection and intervention for personality disorder should not be delayed until individuals reach 18 years of age.
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