BORDERLINE
Channel: Mahabee Promotions
Date: 2020-10-22

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness that causes unstable moods, behaviour, and relationships. It usually begins during adolescence or early adulthood.
Most people who have BPD suffer from:
• Problems regulating their emotions and thoughts
• Impulsive and sometimes reckless behaviour
• Unstable relationships
Incidence
• BPD affects 5.9% of adults (about 14 million Americans) at some time in their life
• BPD affects 50% more people than Alzheimer’s disease and nearly as many as schizophrenia and bipolar combined (2.25%).
• BPD affects 20% of patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals
• BPD affects 10% of people in outpatient mental health treatment
Prognosis
Research has shown that outcomes can be quite good for people with BPD, particularly if they are engaged in treatment. With specialized therapy, most people with borderline personality disorder find their symptoms are reduced and their lives are improved. Although not all the symptoms may ease, there is often a major decrease in problem behaviours and suffering. Under stress, some symptoms may come back.  When this happens, people with BPD should return to therapy and other kinds of support.
Many individuals with BPD experience a decrease in their impulsive behaviour in their 40’s.