Article
Borderline personality disorder and other psychiatric, somatic, and behavioral conditions: a nationwide family study.
Translational psychiatry - 10 Apr 2026
Hall Alisha S M, Musliner Katherine L, Debost Jean-Christophe P, Vilhjálmsson Bjarni J, Chang Zheng, D'Onofrio Brian M, Lichtenstein Paul, Kuja-Halkola Ralf, Brikell Isabell
Abstract excerpt
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) often co-occurs with other health conditions, but the role of genetics vs. environment is unclear. In this multigenerational cohort study using Swedish national registers, the authors quantified the co-aggregation of BPD with other phenotypes in families and estimated the genetic vs. environmental contributions. In a birth cohort of individuals born 1973-2001 and their twins,...
Topics
- Humans
- Female
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Sweden
- Registries
- Male
- Adult
- Phenotype
- Comorbidity
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Family
- Cohort Studies