Relationships between self-reported childhood traumatic experiences, attachment style, neuroticism and features of borderline personality disorders in patients with mood disorders
Features of borderline personality disorder (BPD) are prevalent in mood disorders. Traumatic childhood experiences (TEs) may predispose to insecure attachment and therefore to BPD features. These factors likely predispose to BPD features also in mood disorder patients. Insecure attachment partially mediates relationship between TEs and BPD features. Young age and high neuroticism also associate to BPD features in mood disorders.