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The current definition of Borderline comes from the DSM-III-R - which was published in 2000-R. DSM-III-R stands for "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Third Edition, Revised." The criteria and definitions for each disorder listed in the DSM-III-R were established by a committee of leading researchers, theorists, and practitioners. Not everyone agrees, and there are some areas of controversy, but it is a definition everyone in the world can refer to. The American Psychiatric Association's DSM-III-R criteria define the Borderline Personality Disorder in the following way: A pervasive pattern of instability of mood, interpersonal relationships, and self-image, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by at least five of the following: |
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Understanding this Disorder is very important. It is often miss-diagnosed and very seldom understood. Depression is very often part of this disorder.
A tormented soul in a frantic and chaotic search for escape from their own thoughts and memories.
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1) a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of over idealization and devaluation 2) impulsiveness in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging, for example, spending, sex, substance use, shop lifting, reckless driving, binge eating, (do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in No. 5) 3) affective instability: marked shifts from baseline mood to depression, irritability, or anxiety, usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days 4) inappropriate, intense anger or lack of control of anger, for example, frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights 5) recurrent suicidal threats, gestures, or behavior, or self-mutilating behavior 6) marked and persistent identity disturbance manifested by uncertainty about at least two of the following: self-image, sexual orientation, long-term goals or career choice, type of friends desired, preferred values 7) chronic feeling of emptiness or boredom 8) frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment (do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in No. 5) Those who suffer from the Borderline Personality Disorder have at least 5 of the 8 criteria. |