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Definition of 'Borderline Personality Disorder'

A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV)

Common names: Borderline Personality Disorder; Disorder, Borderline Personality; Borderline Personality Disorders; Disorders, Borderline Personality; Personality Disorders, Borderline; Personality Disorder, Borderline

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Recent advances in the biological study of personality disorders.

30 Aug 2008 While it is premature to provide a simple model for the vulnerability to the development of either borderline (BPD) or schizotypal (SPD) personality disorder, it is clear that these heritable disorders lend themselves to fruitful neurobiological ... Read more...


Child development and personality disorder.

30 Aug 2008 The evidence is surprisingly strong that even early adolescent personality disorders or elevated personality disorder symptoms have a broad range of negative effects well into adulthood, for the most part comparable to or even larger than those of ... Read more...


Reasons for change in borderline personality disorder (and other axis II disorders).

30 Aug 2008 Borderline personality disorder is a slow-moving disorder. Most patients who have borderline personality disorder improve over time; however, the reasons for this change are unclear. Therapy as usual and the reparations that adult life offers can ... Read more...

 

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Definition: A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV)

Descriptor UI: D001883

Alternative terms: Borderline Personality Disorder; Disorder, Borderline Personality; Borderline Personality Disorders; Disorders, Borderline Personality; Personality Disorders, Borderline; Personality Disorder, Borderline;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.675.100;

History Note: 90(81); was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1981-89

Technical Notes: "borderline" is a psychiatric diag: follow text

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