Identifying Bridge Symptoms Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Network Analysis From a National Cohort.

Conclusion: Self-aggression, chronic feelings of emptiness, dissociation symptoms, and feelings of detachment represent bridge symptoms between BPD and PTSD. These symptoms could potentially trigger and perpetuate the manifestations of one disorder in the presence of the other. Targeting these symptoms might allow better prevention and management of both disorders.