| Raising questions, finding
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| | separation as young children Forty to 71
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| answersBorderline personality disorder
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| | percent of BPD patients report having
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| (BPD) is a serious mental illness
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| | been sexually abused, usually by a
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| characterized by pervasive instability in
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| | non-caregiver.Researchers believe that
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| moods, interpersonal relationships,
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| | BPD results from a combination of
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| self-image, and behavior. This
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| | individual vulnerability to environmental
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| instability often disrupts family and
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| | stress, neglect or abuse as young
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| work life, long-term planning, and the
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| | children. A series of events that trigger
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| individual's sense of
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| | the onset of the disorder as young
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| self-identity.Originally thought to be at
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| | adults.Adults with BPD are also
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| the "borderline" of psychosis, people
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| | considerably more likely to be the victim
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| with BPD suffer from a disorder of
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| | of violence, including rape and other
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| emotion regulation. While less well known
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| | crimes. This may result from both harmful
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| than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
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| | environments as well as impulsivity and
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| (manic-depressive illness), BPD is more
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| | poor judgment in choosing partners and
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| common, affecting 2 percent of adults,
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| | lifestyles.NIMH-funded neuroscience
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| mostly young women.There are a high rate
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| | research is revealing brain mechanisms
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| of self-injury without suicide intent, as
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| | underlying the impulsivity, mood
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| well as a significant rate of suicide
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| | instability, aggression, anger, and
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| attempts and completed suicide in severe
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| | negative emotion seen in BPD. Studies
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| cases. Patients often need extensive
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| | suggest that people predisposed to
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| mental health services, and account for
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| | impulsive aggression have impaired
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| 20 percent of psychiatric
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| | regulation of the neural circuits that
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| hospitalizations.Yet, with help, many
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| | modulate emotion. The amygdale, a small
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| improve over time and are eventually able
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| | almond-shaped structure deep inside the
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| to lead productive lives. Symptoms While
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| | brain, is an important component of the
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| a person with depression or bipolar
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| | circuit that regulates negative
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| disorder typically endures the same mood
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| | emotion.In response to signals from other
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| for weeks. A person with BPD may
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| | brain centers indicating a perceived
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| experience intense bouts of anger,
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| | threat, it marshals fear and arousal.
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| depression, and anxiety that may last
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| | This might be more pronounced under the
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| only hours, or at most a day. These may
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| | influence of drugs like alcohol, or
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| be associated with episodes of impulsive
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| | stress. Areas in the front of the brain
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| aggression, self-injury, and drug or
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| | (pre-frontal area) act to dampen the
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| alcohol abuse.Distortions in cognition
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| | activity of this circuit. Recent brain
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| and sense of self can lead to frequent
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| | imaging studies show that individual
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| changes in long-term goals, career plans,
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| | differences in the ability to activate
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| jobs, friendships, gender identity, and
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| | regions of the prefrontal cerebral cortex
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| values. Sometimes people with BPD view
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| | thought to be involved in inhibitory
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| themselves as fundamentally bad, or
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| | activity predict the ability to suppress
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| unworthy. They may feel unfairly
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| | negative emotion.Serotonin, nor
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| misunderstood or mistreated, bored,
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| | epinephrine and acetylcholine are among
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| empty, and have little idea who they are.
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| | the chemical messengers in these circuits
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| Such symptoms are most acute when people
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| | that play a role in the regulation of
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| with BPD feel isolated and lacking in
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| | emotions, including sadness, anger,
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| social support, and may result in frantic
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| | anxiety, and irritability. Drugs that
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| efforts to avoid being alone.People with
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| | enhance brain serotonin function may
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| BPD often have highly unstable patterns
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| | improve emotional symptoms in
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| of social relationships. While they can
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| | BPD.Likewise, mood-stabilizing drugs that
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| develop intense but stormy attachments,
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| | are known to enhance the activity of
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| their attitudes towards family, friends,
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| | GABA, the brain's major inhibitory
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| and loved ones may suddenly shift from
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| | neurotransmitter, may help people who
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| idealization (great admiration and love)
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| | experience BPD-like mood swings. Such
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| to devaluation (intense anger and
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| | brain-based vulnerabilities can be
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| dislike).Thus, they may form an immediate
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| | managed with help from behavioral
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| attachment and idealize the other person,
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| | interventions and medications, much like
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| but when a slight separation or conflict
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| | people manage susceptibility to diabetes
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| occurs, they switch unexpectedly to the
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| | or high blood pressure.Future Progress
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| other extreme and angrily accuse the
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| | Studies that translate basic findings
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| other person of not caring for them at
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| | about the neural basis of temperament,
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| all. Even with family members,
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| | mood regulation, and cognition into
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| individuals with BPD are highly sensitive
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| | clinically relevant insights which bear
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| to rejection, reacting with anger and
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| | directly on BPD represent a growing area
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| distress to such mild separations as a
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| | of NIMH-supported research.Research is
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| vacation, a business trip, or a sudden
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| | also underway to test the efficacy of
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| change in plans.These fears of
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| | combining medications with behavioral
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| abandonment seem to be related to
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| | treatments like DBT, and gauging the
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| difficulties feeling emotionally
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| | effect of childhood abuse and other
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| connected to important persons when they
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| | stress in BPD on brain hormones. Data
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| are physically absent, leaving the
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| | from the first prospective, longitudinal
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| individual with BPD feeling lost and
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| | study of BPD, which began in the early
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| perhaps worthless. Suicide threats and
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| | 1990s, is expected to reveal how
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| attempts may occur along with anger at
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| | treatment affects the course of the
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| perceived abandonment and
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| | illness.It will also pinpoint specific
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| disappointments.People with BPD exhibit
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| | environmental factors and personality
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| other impulsive behaviors, such as
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| | traits that predict a more favorable
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| excessive spending, binge eating and
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| | outcome. The Institute is also
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| risky sex. BPD often occurs together with
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| | collaborating with a private foundation
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| other psychiatric problems, particularly
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| | to help attract new researchers to
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| bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety
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| | develop a better understanding and better
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| disorders, substance abuse, and other
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| BPD is unknown, both environmental and
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