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Research, theory, and methods.

Published articles, work in press, and current projects on personality functioning, self and interpersonal processes, dimensional psychopathology, clinical meaning, and the methods needed to study them.

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2025 · Published · Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Borderline Personality Disorder Does Not Predict Treatment Outcome in a Partial Hospital Program Independent of Internalizing and Harmful Substance Use Dimensions

Gilbert, K. J., Conway, C. C., Snorrason, I., Beard, C., Moscardini, E., & Björgvinsson, T.

Broad dimensions of psychopathology—especially internalizing—accounted for much of the prognostic information traditionally attributed to a borderline diagnosis.

BPDTreatmentInternalizingClinical outcomes

2026 · Published · Personality and Mental Health

The DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorder's Coverage of Borderline Personality Concepts from the Clinical Literature

Gilbert, K. J., Manuel, I., Morgan, R. M., Ilagan, G. S., Soroko, E., & Conway, C. C.

Across three samples, AMPD dimensions accounted for most variance in borderline personality features, while revealing uneven coverage of some clinically important domains.

AMPDBPDDimensional diagnosisClinical utility