Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder: Introduction

Borderline Personality Disorder: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal ... more about Borderline Personality Disorder.

Borderline Personality Disorder: Mental condition with behavioral and emotional problems. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Borderline Personality Disorder is available below.

Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder

• Mood changes
  • Anger
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
• Difficulty with relationships
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 21 symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Borderline Personality Disorder:

• Child Behavior: Home Testing
  • ADHD -- Home Test Kits
  • Concentration -- Home Testing
• Mental Health (Adults): Home Testing
  • Adult ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Tests
• Mental Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Emotional Stress Tests
  • ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Test Kits
• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Related Home Testing:
  • ADHD -- Home Tests
  • Drug Screening Kits
• more tests...»

Borderline Personality Disorder: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Borderline Personality Disorder:

• Self-injury
• Suicide attempts (see Suicidal symptoms)
• Suicide
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Borderline Personality Disorder

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder?

• Misdiagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
• Failure to diagnose Borderline Personality Disorder
• Hidden causes of Borderline Personality Disorder (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder: Self Assessment Tools

• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Depression -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Mental Health -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Borderline Personality Disorder: Medical Mistakes

• Concentration -- Health Mistakes
• ADHD -- Health Mistakes
• ADHD (Adults) -- Health Mistakes
• Depression -- Health Mistakes
• Bipolar -- Health Mistakes
• Sleep Disorders -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Borderline Personality Disorder: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Undiagnosed:
  • Adult ADHD -- Undiagnosed - Often remains undiagnosed through to adulthood.
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
  • Concentration Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • Stroke -- Undiagnosed
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Borderline Personality Disorder

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Rare seizure-less epilepsy misdiagnosed as various conditions: A complex partial seizure disorder, such as temporal lobe epilepsy can be misdiagnosed as various conditions. Some of the possible misdiagnoses include ...read more »

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical...read more »

ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults. Some adults can remain undiagnosed, and indeed the condition...read more »

Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be...read more »

Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or have a delayed diagnosis. See ...read more »

Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be undiagnosed in teenagers. The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe medical depression to be overlooked. See ...read more »

Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression) may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see symptoms of anxiety disorders). Failure to diagnose these anxiety...read more »

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Borderline Personality Disorder: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Mental Health Specialists:
  • Psychiatry (Mental Health)
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Seniors Mental Health)
  • Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health)
  • Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior Specialist)
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Forensic Psychiatry
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Borderline Personality Disorder

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Borderline Personality Disorder:

• Mental Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Borderline Personality Disorder, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Borderline Personality Disorder: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
  • Adult ADHD -- Rare Types
  • ADHD -- Rare Types
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Rare Types
  • Migraine -- Rare Types
  • Concentration Disorders -- Rare Types
  • Stroke -- Rare Types
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Rare Types
  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Borderline Personality Disorder

• Child abuse - when the patient was young causing problems now
• Childhood neglect
• more causes...»

Read more about causes of Borderline Personality Disorder

More information about causes of Borderline Personality Disorder:

• Underlying causes of Borderline Personality Disorder

Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder

• Group psychotherapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
• Antidepressant drugs
• Mood stabilizing drugs
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder

Latest Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder

• Psychotherapy
• Cognitive behaviour therapy
• Risperidone
• Olanzapine
• Benzodiazepines
• more treatments...»

See full list of 7 latest treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder

News Archives for Borderline Personality Disorder

Medical news articles related to Borderline Personality Disorder include:

• For Young Adults, Borderline High Blood Pressure a Threat
• Being a 'People Person' May Be All in Your Head
• Health Tip: When Another Person Bites You
• Health Tip: Talking to a Person With Alzheimer's Disease
• Personal Contact Helps Maintain Weight Loss
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Borderline Personality Disorder

Patient Surveys for Borderline Personality Disorder

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Borderline Personality Disorder
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Reseach about Borderline Personality Disorder

Visit our research pages for current research about Borderline Personality Disorder treatments.

Clinical Trials for Borderline Personality Disorder

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Borderline Personality Disorder include:

• Quetiapine Treatment for Symptoms Associated With Borderline Personality Disorder - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Quetiapine Fumarate
• Cognitive Therapy Versus Supportive Therapy in Borderline Personality Disorder - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Hope for the Chronically Suicidal Patient - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Depakote ER in Borderline Personality Disorder - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Depakote ER
• DBT in Borderline Personality Disorder - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 22 Clinical Trials for Borderline Personality Disorder

Statistics for Borderline Personality Disorder

• Medical statistics for Borderline Personality Disorder
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Borderline Personality Disorder
• Death and Mortality statistics for Borderline Personality Disorder
• Society statistics for Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder: Broader Related Topics

• Mental illness
• more types...»

Types of Borderline Personality Disorder

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Article Excerpts about Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self-identity. Originally thought to be at the "borderline" of psychosis, people with BPD suffer from a disorder of emotion regulation. While less well known than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness), BPD is more common, affecting 2 percent of adults, mostly young women. (Source: excerpt from Borderline Personality Disorder: NIMH)