Borderline personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD), or emotionally unstable personality disorder, is a psychiatric classification for an ongoing pattern of shifting self-image and behavior. A person with BPD exhibits the following characteristics:
* Frantic efforts to avoid abandonment
* A pattern of unstable and intense personal relationships
* An unstable sense of self - varying between extreme highs and lows of self-esteem
* Impulsivity - characterized by promiscuous sex, eating disorders, substance abuse, or risk-taking
* Attempts at suicide or persistent suicidal feelings
* Unstable affect, characterized by short periods of intense moods
* Feelings of emptiness
* Transient paranoia
BPD responds extremely well to Dialectical Behavior Therapy and with diligent work, patients can be in complete remission of all symptoms
Gregory House exhibits some of the characteristics of someone with BPD, but has instead been diagnosed, on at least one occasion with antisocial personality disorder. APD responds poorly to all forms of treatment.
===Comorbidity===
The following conditions commonly coexist with BPD:
* Antisocial personality disorder (AsPD)
* Histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
* Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)
* Paranoid personality disorder (PPD)
* Dependent personality disorder (DPD)
* Stockholm syndrome
* Intermittent explosive disorder
* Anthropophobia
* Substance use disorder
* Post-traumatic stress disorder
Borderline personality disorder at Wikipedia
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Category:Cluster B Personality Disorders
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