The History of Borderline Personality Disorder By kerimae Jul 13, 1938 1938 - Adolph Stern lists most of the diagnosis criteria and calls the group of people affected " the borderline group" Jul 13, 1940 1943 - Robert Knight introduces ego psychology and describes patients as being in "borderline states" Jul 13, 1941 1941 - George Zilboarg describes the disorder as a mid version of schizophrenia Jul 13, 1942 1942 - Helene Deutsch defines a type of people dependent on others personalities as having "as if personality " Jul 13, 1968 1968 - Roy Gunderson does the first research on borderline personality disorder Jul 13, 1975 1975 - John Gunderson publishes research to help diagnose borderline personality disorder Jul 13, 1976 1967 - Otto Kernberg defines boundaries between psychotic and neurotic, and he places "borderline personality" in the middle Jul 13, 1980 1980 - Borderline Personality Disorder is included in the DSM-III Jul 13, 1993 1993 - Marsha Linehan introduces dialectal behavior therapy (DBT) as an effective treatment Jul 13, 1994 1994 - DSM- IV is published, defining the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder required for diagnosis Jul 13, 2008 2008 - The U.S House of Representatives declares May as the National Borderline Personality Disorder awareness month Jul 13, 2015 Current - Research continues to advance the field
