| Borderline personality disorder: A serious | | | | feeling lost and perhaps worthlessness. |
| mental illness characterized by pervasive | | | | Suicide threats and attempts may occur along |
| instability in moods, interpersonal | | | | with anger at perceived abandonment and |
| relationships, self-image, and behavior. This | | | | disappointments. |
| instability often disrupts family and work | | | | |
| life, long-term planning, and the | | | | People with BPD exhibit other impulsive |
| individual's sense of self-identity. | | | | behaviors, such as excessive spending, binge |
| | | | eating and risky sex. BPD often occurs |
| Originally thought to be at the "borderline" | | | | together with other psychiatric problems, |
| of psychosis, people with borderline | | | | particularly bipolar disorder, depression, |
| personality disorder (BPD) suffer from a | | | | anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and other |
| disorder of emotion regulation. While less | | | | personality disorders. |
| well known than schizophrenia or bipolar | | | | |
| disorder (manic-depressive illness), BPD is | | | | Group and individual psychotherapy are at |
| more common, affecting 2% of adults, mostly | | | | least partially effective for many patients |
| young women. There is a high rate of | | | | with BPD. A new psychosocial treatment termed |
| self-injury without suicide intent, as well | | | | dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) was |
| as a significant rate of suicide attempts and | | | | developed specifically to treat BPD, and this |
| completed suicide in severe cases. Patients | | | | technique appears promising. Pharmacological |
| often need extensive mental health services | | | | treatments are often prescribed based on |
| and account for about 20% of psychiatric | | | | specific target symptoms shown by the |
| hospitalizations. | | | | individual patient. Antidepressant drugs and |
| | | | mood stabilizers may be helpful for depressed |
| While a person with depression or bipolar | | | | and/or labile mood. Antipsychotic drugs may |
| disorder typically endures the same mood for | | | | also be used when there are distortions in |
| weeks, a person with BPD may experience | | | | thinking. |
| intense bouts of anger, depression and | | | | |
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