By Juliette Virzi, The Mighty, November 20, 2019
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) have long been correlated with mental health struggles like addiction, depression and anxiety in adulthood. But a new analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of Manchester, found that borderline personality disorder (BPD) was actually the mental illness most strongly associated with childhood trauma.
BPD is a mental illness characterized by nine classic symptoms, some of which include unstable interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, difficulty regulating emotions and suicidality. BPD is the mental illness with the highest suicide rate and affects approximately 1.7 percent of the general population.
In the new study, researchers analyzed data from 97 studies to compare adverse childhood experiences of people diagnosed with BPD to people with other psychiatric diagnoses and people with no history of mental health issues. They found that people with BPD were approximately three times more likely to report childhood adversity than people with other mental health conditions and 13 times more likely than people without any mental health problems.
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