What is Borderline Personality Disorder?

What is Borderline Personality Disorder?

• Borderline Personality Disorder: Mental condition with behavioral and emotional problems.

Borderline Personality Disorder: Introduction

Types of Borderline Personality Disorder:

Broader types of Borderline Personality Disorder:

• Mental illness
• more types...»

How many people get Borderline Personality Disorder?

Prevalance of Borderline Personality Disorder: 2 percent of adults (NIMH)
Prevalance Rate of Borderline Personality Disorder: approx 1 in 50 or 2.00% or 5.4 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Borderline Personality Disorder: 3,019 annual cases in Victora 1996 (DHS-VIC)
Incidence Rate of Borderline Personality Disorder: approx 1 in 1,510 or 0.07% or 180,074 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Borderline Personality Disorder: BPD is more common, affecting 2 percent of adults, mostly young women. (Source: excerpt from Borderline Personality Disorder: NIMH)

How serious is Borderline Personality Disorder?

Complications of Borderline Personality Disorder: see complications of Borderline Personality Disorder

What causes Borderline Personality Disorder?

Causes of Borderline Personality Disorder: see causes of Borderline Personality Disorder

What are the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder?

Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder: see symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder

Complications of Borderline Personality Disorder: see complications of Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Borderline Personality Disorder.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder: see treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder
Research for Borderline Personality Disorder: see research for Borderline Personality Disorder

Organs Affected by Borderline Personality Disorder:

Organs and body systems related to Borderline Personality Disorder include:

• Mental

Name and Aliases of Borderline Personality Disorder

Main name of condition: Borderline Personality Disorder

BPD

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Borderline Personality Disorder:

• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Cyclothymic personality
• Manic depression
• Dysthymia
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Suicidal behaviour
• Eating disoders

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