Neighbourhood characteristics and the treated incidence rate of borderline personality pathology among young people

Abstract

Objective: The impact of the wider social environment, such as neighbourhood characteristics, has not been examined in the development of borderline personality disorder. This study aimed to determine whether the treated incidence rate of full-threshold borderline personality disorder and sub-threshold borderline personality disorder, collectively termed borderline personality pathology, was associated with the specific neighbourhood characteristics of social deprivation and social fragmentation. Method: This study included young people, aged 15–24 years, who attended Orygen’s Helping Young People Early programme, a specialist early intervention service for young people with borderline perso..