ABSTRACT
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a disorder with a long clinical history. Despite extensive study, the etiology of this disorder remains unclear, and effective treatments are still in the developmental stage, with minimal or mixed research support. To date, most treatment approaches have focused on the patient with the disorder, with only secondary interest in the family or significant others. Only in the past decade or so has the disorder come to be viewed as a “family matter.”
