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Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness that severely impacts a person’s ability to regulate their emotions. This loss of emotional control can increase impulsivity, affect how a person feels about themselves, and negatively impact their relationships with others. Effective treatments are available to manage the symptoms of ...
What is the cause of borderline personality disorder? The exact causes of BPD remain unknown, although the roles of both environmental and biological factors are thought to play a role. While no specific gene has been shown to directly cause BPD, a number of different genes have been identified as playing a role in its development.
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diagnosing personality disorders and finding it stigmatising and unhelpful. For example, some people prefer not to describe their experiences as medical problems, or would rather see them as a response to difficult life events. Our page on why personality disorder is a controversial diagnosis has more information.
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Someone with a personality disorder generally has difficulty in dealing with relationships and social situations, handling emotions and thoughts, understanding how or why his or her behaviour is causing problems, and finds it hard to change to suit different situations. 2. About borderline personality disorder.
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.
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Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a condition characterized by difficulties in regulating emotion. This difficulty leads to severe mood swings, impulsivity and instability, poor self-image and stormy personal relationships. People may make repeated attempts to avoid real or imagined situations of abandonment.
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klaus.lieb@unimedizin-mainz. de. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental disorder with a high burden on patients, family members, and health-care systems. The condition was previously regarded as untreatable, but progress in understanding and management has resulted in earlier diagnosis and better treatment outcomes.
