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Biological/Nature Causes of BPD

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is caused by both biological and environmental factors. Information about the biological factors: what they are and how they work.
Temperament 101 - Contributor to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Temperament refers to inborn personality traits, and plays a role in the development of personality disorder. It is important to have a general understanding of temperament whether trying to understand yourself, someone you care about, or the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD).
An Equifinality Model of Borderline Personality Disorder
Joseph Santoro, Ph.D., Michael Tisbe, M.D., and Michael Katsarakes have written an article presenting a model of the development of of BPD that looks at both biological and environmental factors as contributors to the development of BPD.
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