The longitudinal course of borderline psychopathology: 6-year prospective follow-up of the phenomenology of borderline personality disorder.

By M. Zanarini, F. Frankenburg, J. Hennen, K. Silk. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003

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Attitudes towards patients with a diagnosis of ‘borderline personality disorder’: Social rejection and dangerousness (2003, methodology): “In a recent well controlled empirical study by Zanarini et al. (2003) prognosis for BPD was assessed by following up patients over 2, 4 and 6 year periods.”
Mentalizing and borderline personality disorder (2007, background): “However, two carefully designed fully powered prospective studies have shown that the majority of BPD patients experience a substantial reduction in their symptoms far sooner than previously assumed (Shea et al., 2004; Zanarini et al., 2003).”
Borderline Personality Disorder (2016, positive): “and that over time many patients experience a substantial reduction in self-mutilating behavior and impulsivity, though full recovery is rare and interpersonal difficulties and emotional instability are more pervasive [16].”
Perceptions of Self and Others Regarding Pathological Personality Traits. (2006, background): “On the other hand, we also know that many people who show evidence of maladaptive personality traits during adolescence do not necessarily continue to experience these problems later in life (e.g., Johnson, et al., 2000; Lenzenweger, Johnson, & Willett, 2004; Tickle, Heatherton, & Wittenberg, 2001; ”