Stern, A., Frankwood, E. (1938). Psychoanalytic investigation of and therapy in the borderline group of neuroses. The Psychoanalytic quarterly. 7, 467-489. Retrieved from Dewey Memorial Library.
Adolph Stern an American Psychoanalyst is responsible in the naming of Borderline Personality Disorder. On April 19, 1937, Stern used the term “border line group” while presenting information to the Psychoanalytic Society in New York. This group of patients did not fall under the criteria for psychotic nor into the psychoneurotic group, hence the use of border line. They did not respond well to analytic therapy according to Stern.