Borderline personality disorder: What is it?

Borderline personality disorder: What is it?


Tribune report

11:01 PM CDT, March 14, 2012

Newly acquired Bears receiver Brandon Marshall revealed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel last summer that he has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

What is it?

Experts say that people with BPD have pervasive patterns of unstable emotions. These "inner experiences," according to an article in PubMedHealth, "often cause them to take impulsive actions and have chaotic relationships." The psychiatric community officially recognized the disorder in 1980.

What are the causes?

Exact causes are not fully understood, but social factors, family turbulence and genetics often play roles.

What are the symptoms?

According MayoClinic.com, people with BPD exhibit "impulsive and risky behavior, such as risky driving, unsafe sex, gambling sprees or illegal drug use; inappropriate anger; intense but short episodes of anxiety or depression."

How is it diagnosed?

"BPD is diagnosed based on a psychological evaluation and the history and severity of the symptoms," according to PubMedHealth.

How is it treated?

"In the past few decades, treatment has changed radically, and, in turn, the prognosis for improvement and/or recovery has significantly improved," the National Education Alliance Borderline Personality Disorder says.

Treatments include talk therapy, group therapy and regular visits with experienced clinicians. Medications can help level mood swings and treat depression.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-borderline-personality-disorder-20120314,0,4191895.story

Editor's note:  A judge in the Probate Court of Cook County allowed an unstable disabled person diagnosed as "Borderline Personality Disorder" to be the guardian of a 99 year old disabled ward.  Strange but true!  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster,  ProbateSharks.com

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