https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/borderline-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20370237
Borderline personality disorder is a mental health condition that affects the way people feel about themselves and others, making it hard to function in everyday life. ... Starcevic V, et al. Pharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder: Replacing confusion with prudent pragmatism. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 2018; doi:10.1097/YCO

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Classification. The BPD diagnosis has long garnered controversy in terms of its conceptual and diagnostic validity. The diagnosis itself was created by expert committee without an empirical foundation, and research on its classification remains scant (Tyrer Reference Tyrer, Mulder and Kim 2019).Despite this, it is argued that the diagnosis has clinical utility and has been an important driver

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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health disorder characterized by a pattern of varying moods, self-image, and behavior. These symptoms often result in impulsive actions and problems in relationships with others. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), BPD is categorized as a personality disorder and is

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-complex-diagnosis/202205/depression-is-different-in-those-bpd
Depression is a complex disorder, even without borderline personality disorder coexisting with it. This confusion arises from the significant overlap of symptoms, which includes (Fox, 2022

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Prognosis. While a vast majority of individuals with BPD experience improvement of symptoms, half of all patients continue to have low social and vocational functioning, potentially as a result of poor emotional regulation and histories of trauma/abandonment (34-36).The Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders study followed patients for > 10 years and found that 85% of patients with

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202404/the-latest-theory-on-borderline-personality-disorder
Key points. Theories of borderline personality disorder focus on early emotional experiences as the cause of splitting. A new approach uses statistical modeling to see what factors influence the

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38214629/
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) was introduced in the DSM-III in 1980. From the DSM-III to the DSM-5, no major changes have occurred in its defining criteria. The disorder is characterized by instability of self-image, interpersonal relationships and affects. Further symptoms include impulsivity, intense anger, feelings of emptiness

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wps.21156
The term "borderline" was introduced in the psychiatric literature by Stern 1 and Knight 2, to identify a patient group showing a level of functioning situated between neuroses and schizophrenic disorders.This patient group was not well defined. An important progress occurred with Kernberg's introduction of the concept of borderline personality organization 3, 4, marked by the use of

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BPD can co-occur with depressive or bipolar disorders, and when criteria for both are met, both may be diagnosed. However, since cross-sectional symptoms of BPD can also resemble an episode of depressive or bipolar disorder, the diagnosis of BPD should only be given if there is a well-documented pattern of behaviour with an early onset and a long standing course prior to the mood episode.

https://www.nyp.org/sites/default/files/acquiadam/2020-08/Gunderson_A_BPD_Brief_REV20111.pdf
Overview of the Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis. Every person has a personality: longstanding ways of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself. However, when these traits are inflexible, maladaptive and cause significant functional impairment or subjective distress, they constitute a personality disorder.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/202103/new-approach-borderline-focuses-identity-disturbance
Posted March 2, 2021|Reviewed by Abigail Fagan. People with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) often have a fragmented or distorted sense of identity. Researchers had people with symptoms of

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INTRODUCTION. This article explores narratives that circulate about borderline personality disorder 1 (BPD) in health-care settings and, importantly, what these narratives do. Drawing from the work of Frank (), we examine how narratives concerning BPD have certain capacities and interrogate how these narratives shape practices of care.BPD is a highly contentious mental health diagnosis.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9339041/
Introduction. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe psychiatric disorder entailing intense, unstable affect; self-destructive, impulsive behavior; difficulties with interpersonal relationships; and unstable identity (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).A diagnosis of BPD can be met by the presence of any combination of at least five of the nine DSM diagnostic criteria

https://psychcentral.com/blog/caregivers/2017/12/8-confusing-personality-traits-of-borderline-personality
estimates that about 1.6% of the adult U.S. population has BPD. Affective instability, dysphoria, fears of abandonment, confusion over identity as a person, low self-esteem, lack of confidence

https://psychcentral.com/disorders/bpd-vs-bipolar-disorder
Borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder have a few symptoms in common with one another. These include: changes in mood. impulsivity. fragile self-esteem or self-worth. self

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Purpose Longitudinal research describing the course of borderline personality disorder (BPD) has radically revised psychiatry's stigmatizing assumptions of its immutability and poor prognosis. This review outlines major findings from four of the largest, most methodologically rigorous prospective studies of BPD in childhood and adulthood to provide a scientifically informed understanding of

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4569816/
Abstract. This paper presents an analysis of dream-reality confusion (DRC) in relation to the characteristics of borderline personality disorder (BPD), based on research findings and theoretical considerations. It is hypothesized that people with BPD are more likely to experience DRC compared to people in non-clinical population.

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/borderline-personality-disorder-criteria
The DSM-5 outlines the criteria for BPD as a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotions, accompanied by marked impulsivity from early adulthood

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15283488.2024.2345707
Yet empirical research on how self-critical rumination and self-concept clarity interact is scarce. We examined near-term associations between bedtime self-critical rumination, self-concept clarity, and self-injurious urges among adolescents who met at least 3 diagnostic criteria for BPD (N = 22; 63.6% girls/women; M age = 16.45). Participants

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996594/
1. Introduction. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a common and serious psychiatric disorder. Identity disturbance is one of the nine diagnostic criteria for BPD in the DSM system of nomenclature (American Psychiatric Association, 1980; American Psychiatric Association, 1987; American Psychiatric Association, 1994; American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

https://psychologyclinix.com/borderline-personality-disorder-and-dissociation-the-connection/
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by emotional instability, impulsive behaviors, and unstable relationships. Dissociation is highly prevalent in BPD, causing individuals to feel disconnected from themselves and their surroundings. Dissociation can disrupt daily life, affecting self-identity, relationships, and functioning.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/overcoming-destructive-anger/202404/the-link-between-borderline-personality-disorder-and-anger
Key points. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) involves instability of self-image, relationships and emotions. The above symptoms contribute to a heightened sense of threat and related anger.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8990760/
Introduction. According to the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by "a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects, and marked impulsivity" (Chowdhury et al., 2013).Patients with BPD have a history of unstable and intense relationships, along

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35946943/
The significance of early maladaptive traits for understanding the roots of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is increasingly endorsed. Given the interpersonal nature of BPD and fluctuations in phenotypic symptomatology, this study aims to test the assumption that a situation-contingent contextualized assessment of borderline traits is a viable avenue to more fully capture the way