The physical health of patients with borderline personality disorder has not been well studied. The purpose of this study was to compare the physical health, lifestyle choices affecting physical health, and health care utilization of patients with remitted and nonremitted borderline personality disorder.
The association between borderline personality disorder and chronic medical illnesses, poor health-related lifestyle choices, and costly forms of health care utilization.
Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, and the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02478, USA. ffrankenburg@mclean.harvard.edu