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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Borderline personality disorder: A review and reformulation from evolutionary theory
Medical Hypotheses, Volume 73, No. 3, Year 2009
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Description
A number of authors have provided a useful evolutionary perspective on personality disorders, arguing that personality traits can be conceptualized in terms of evolutionary strategies. If we consider personality traits not as illnesses but as stable evolutionary strategies, the characteristic features of borderline personality disorder may respond to a behavioral pattern which, although deviating from the norm, would be in the service of survival of the species. Early environments involving factors such as childhood physical/sexual abuse may prove useful for explanation of personality traits based on gene-environment interaction, potentially providing a model for understanding borderline personality traits. We also review the question of whether personality traits exist in animals to also provide a translational perspective. We propose that certain traits in borderline personality disorder may derive from evolved mechanisms which in the short-term serve to help respond to adversity, but which when activated in an ongoing way prove maladaptive. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Molina, Juan D.
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Dr. Rodríguez Lafora
López-Muñoz, Francisco Javier
Spain, Alcala de Henares
Universidad de Alcalá
Stein, Dan J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
United States, New York
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Martín-Vázquez, María José
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Dr. Rodríguez Lafora
Alamo, Cecilio
Spain, Alcala de Henares
Universidad de Alcalá
Lerma-Carrillo, Iván
Spain, La Coruna
La Robleda Psychiatric Sanatory
Andrade-Rosa, Cristina
Spain, Madrid
Los Castillos Health Centre
Sánchez-López, María V.
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Dr. Rodríguez Lafora
Calle-Real, Mario de la
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Dr. Rodríguez Lafora
Statistics
Citations: 9
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.mehy.2009.03.024
ISSN:
03069877
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Violence And Injury