Borderline Mental Illness

When instructed to write a 3-5 page paper over a psychological disorder I wondered to myself what disorder could I do to interest me enough to take so much time to look into. What one disorder would I have to force myself to research and write about that would not be completely painful? This is when I decided to write my paper over the Borderline Personality Disorder, the disorder Mrs. Kline refers to as the crazy girlfriend disorder which fits the disorder a lot better. This disorder grabbed my attention because I’m interested in what causes one to become so obsessive in such a short time span. In this research paper I will inform you about what can cause this disorder, what symptoms and actions are made by the ones affected by this disorder, and the treatment that reduces the symptoms.

A personality disorder is characterized by a distinct pattern of behavior that does not meet normal standards of behavior within one’s culture. This pattern is ingrained as the norm to the person affected, and the characteristics of the affected person deviate markedly from societal standards (Hebblethwaite, 2009). The two main features that help to identify a personality disorder are chronic interpersonal difficulties and persons with one’s identity or sense of self (Livesly, 2001). Within this set of mental health disorders lie several other subsets, including one of the most prominent personality disorders - Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). BPD is a severe, long-lasting disorder that has an incidence of occurrence approximately equal to that of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia combined (Grant, Chou, Goldstein et al., 2008). BPD also puts those affected at risk for damage in many areas of their life if not properly diagnosed and treated, including personal relationships, school, work, and self-imagine. Furthermore, this disorder has a high co-morbidity with other disorders such as depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and social phobia, among many more (Hebblethwaite, 2009). Misdiagnosis of borderline personality disorder can have serious clinical implications. This paper looks to identify the risk factors associated with BPD, the affects on various aspects of the person’s life, treatments, and give recommendations as to how to properly identify and

Borderline Personality Disorder is a mental disorder characterized by instability in mood, impulsiveness, unstable relationships, and chronic emptiness. Borderline Personality Disorder affects approximately two percent of the population, and is predominately found in women. This disorder makes it difficult for people to understand social norms and the dynamics of relationships, so unpredictable and erratic behavior are common. Although Borderline Personality Disorder is incurable, it is treatable through talk therapy and medication. (Friedel, 2004, p. 2)

especially in terms of career and economic success. After her divorce, she did not have a job,

Predisposing factors: Borderline personality disorder is a disorder that is characterized by a persons impulsive and/ reckless behavior, poor self-image, self-injury, emotional fluctuations, unstable relationships. There are links that suggest it could be caused by genetic and environmental factors, but it is still being studied. A person that is part of a community or culture with unstable upbringing can increase the risk for this disorder (National Institute of Mental Health, 2014). A childhood with physical and sexual abuse was often linked to people with BPD. It was more-so found to be linked with any neglect as a child (Am J Psychiatry, 1997 ). 6 to 10 million people are affected by borderline personality disorder. 75-90% of people with BPD are women (Borderline Personality Resource Center, 2012).

of developing borderline personality disorder. Along with this belief is that genetics play a very little role of risk of development but it is mostly due to the type of environment that the child grew up in.

The antisocial and borderline personality disorders share a number of common characteristics. Anger is a key affect for some of the individuals who have been diagnosed of Antisocial Personality disorder. There is a pattern of disregards for and violation of the rights of others.

Three of the most known personality disorders are antisocial, borderline, and narcissistic disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is the best-known type of personality disorders and people with this disorder typically show no regard for moral and ethical rules of society as well as the rights of others. People with this disorder may appear likable at first, but over time will show to be manipulative and deceptive. The lack of guilt or remorse is also evident with people that have antisocial personality disorder. The second personality disorder is borderline personality disorder, which people with that disorder have a difficulty of developing a sense as to who they are. Therefore, people with borderline personality disorder often rely

Borderline personality disorder forms part of the cluster B personality disorders and it is usually more prolific in females than males. It two percent prevalence and Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined as a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and emotions. Initially ( BPD) was thought to occupy the “border” between neurotic and psychotic disorders. However, this sense of the term borderline became identified with schizotypal personality, which is biologically related to schizophrenia.

What is Borderline Personality Disorder? It is a very bad disorder to have.There are many different characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder and how it affects a person.

For example, a borderline adolescent may perform well on structured tests such as the Wechsler inventories, but when presented with an unstructured test such as the Rorschach (which uses inkblots) they are apt to become extremely agitated. Stressors to the BPD individual can also produce psychotic-like effects (Fall & Craig, 1998).

Borderline personality disorder is the most frequent and the most severe of all personality disorders in clinical practice, it 's a serious mental disorder with a characteristic pervasive pattern of instability in affect regulation, impulse control, interpersonal relationships, and self-image. It 's characterized by severe psychological impairment and high mortality rate due to suicide. (Gado, 2016, p.47)

All while I was newly engaged and trying to keep what was happening somewhat hidden from my now husband, because I myself didn’t even understand the situation so I didn’t want him dragged into it. It was such a pile up of everything, I really thought for a while that if he couldn’t get clean that we wouldn’t make it. I thought he wouldn’t get better and I would have to not let him come to my wedding, which was even worse because even to this day he knows that I know something was wrong, but not that I know about his addiction. It was too much. I thought we would fail as a family, as I was just starting to make one of my own.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe Axis 2 mental illness distinguished by a common pattern of mental impulsivity, interpersonal dysfunction, disrupted self-image, and self-harming behaviours (Chanen & Kaess, 2012; Leichsenring, Leibing, Kruse, New & Leweke, 2011). Between 0.7% and 2.7% of the population suffer from BPD, and 70% of BPD sufferers are reported to be female (Bateman, & Krawitz, 2013; Coid et al., 2006; Grant et al., 2008). Whilst BPD is predominantly seen as a disorder of the female gender, it is suspected that males are grossly underrepresented as male BPD sufferers are often found in substance rehabilitation facilities as well as in the prison system (Grant et al., 2008). It is also understood that due to the often comorbid nature of BPD, its symptoms are most often exacerbated by the presence of other mental illnesses (Commonly Axis 1 disorders) such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse (Bateman, & Krawitz, 2013).

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