mental health disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Introduction
Borderline personality disorder is a mental health condition that is characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability in relationships, self-image, moods, and behavior and hypersensitivity to possible rejection and abandonment. People with borderline personality disorder fear rejection and abandonment, partly because they do not want to be alone. Doctors diagnose borderline personality disorder based on specific symptoms, including frequent changes in relationships, self-image, and mood as well as self-destructive, impulsive behavior. Psychotherapy can reduce suicidal behaviors, help relieve depression, and help people with this disorder function better, and medications are sometimes used to lessen symptoms. Overview of Personality Disorders are mental health conditions that involve long-lasting, pervasive patterns of thinking, perceiving, reacting, and relating that cause the person significant distress and/or impair the person's ability to function. People with borderline personality disorder often have difficulty tolerating being alone and may resort to self-destructive actions to cope with or to avoid being alone. They may make frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, including creating crises. For example, they may attempt suicide as a way to communicate their distress and to get other people to rescue and care for them. Estimates of how common borderline personality disorder is vary. It probably occurs in between about 3 to 6% of people in the United States. It is diagnosed more often in women than in men. With time, symptoms tend to lessen in most people. Other mental health conditionsare also often present. They include Depression None Overview of Anxiety Disorders (such as panic disorder) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) None Overview of Eating Disorders None Overview of Substance-Related Disorders None 