Borderline Personality Disorder
Submitted by kknjere on April 2, 2009
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Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD is a developmental disorder which affects millions of people in the United States each year. Grohol (2007) states “The main feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and emotions. People with borderline personality disorder are also usually very impulsive.” People with BPD suffer from extreme mood swings, view relationship partners in a highly idealistic manner, and are usually very unstable. There are other symptoms of BPD a person must exhibit in order to be diagnosed with this disorder and some Borderlines are originally misdiagnosed as bipolar. Studies...
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