Subscribe to our newsletter. Sixty-eight adolescents and 50 adults met the criteria for borderline personality disorder. Results of the study showed that adults displayed significant diagnostic co-occurrence with borderline personality disorder for antisocial personality disorder only.
Personality disorders are a little different in adolescents than in adults.
With treatment, personality disorders may improve over time, Becker said. That may be because personality disorders in teens are less stable than personality disorders in adults, and young people who are treated often do get better. We're trying to determine to what extent are these diagnoses meaningful in adolescents. The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society that represents nearly 40,000 psychiatric physicians specializing in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. This article was originally posted to Newswise .