Symptom Overlap Between Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Major depression (MD) is a serious mental health disorder projected to become the leading cause of global disability by 2030. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) frequently co-occurs with MD. Individuals with both conditions often experience prolonged recovery times and exhibit high levels of suicidal behaviour. Network theory and its application, network analysis, presents a novel framework for conceptualising and understanding the comorbidity between MD and BPD. This network analysis aims to identify influential symptoms within a BPD/MD network and explore the clinical relevance of these relationships. Data from 548 participants were pooled from four clinical trials run between 1994 and 2013 at the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. Al

SUBMITTER: Kew BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12013464 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature