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Relationships and Borderline Personality Disorder – Borderline Personality Disorder

Relationships and Borderline Personality Disorder – Borderline Personality Disorder

  Those suffering with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have a proclivity for unstable interpersonal relationships. These individuals are unable to tolerate being alone due to their abandonment anxiety. They also experience severe anger and frequently undermine their significant others. Those with BPD commonly mask their dependency and manipulation. An unstable sense of self is characteristic of the disorder, along with impulsiveness and demanding behavior. Substance abuse and promiscuity are also common, and may be connected. Researchers have found that BPD…

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Sex Differences in Antisocial Personality Disorder: Results From the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Sex Differences in Antisocial Personality Disorder: Results From the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Analucia A. Alegria, Nancy M. Petry, Shang-Min Liu, Carlos Blanco, Andrew E. Skodol, Bridget Grant, and Deborah Hasin Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Personal Disord See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract Despite the 3:1 prevalence ratio of men versus women with Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD), research on sex differences on correlates of ASPD in the general population is scarce. The purpose…

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Gender Patterns in Borderline Personality Disorder

Gender Patterns in Borderline Personality Disorder

Randy A. Sansone, MD and Lori A. Sansone, MD Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Gender differences in patients with borderline personality disorder are potentially relevant because they may guide clinicians in assessment and treatment. To date, a number of clinical features in borderline personality disorder have been examined for gender differences. As for prevalence, earlier research concluded that a higher proportion of women than men suffer…

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder | Psych Central

Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder | Psych Central

People with borderline personality disorder can be challenging to treat, because of the nature of the disorder. They are difficult to keep in therapy, frequently fail to respond to our therapeutic efforts and make considerable demands on the emotional resources of the therapist, particular when suicidal behaviors are prominent. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is an innovative method of treatment that has been developed specifically to treat this difficult group of patients in a way which is optimistic and which preserves the…

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The Natural History of Antisocial Personality Disorder

The Natural History of Antisocial Personality Disorder

Donald W Black, MD1 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is characterized by a pattern of socially irresponsible, exploitative, and guiltless behaviour. ASPD is associated with co-occurring mental health and addictive disorders and medical comorbidity. Rates of natural and unnatural death (suicide, homicide, and accidents) are excessive. ASPD is a predictor of poor treatment response. ASPD begins early in life,…

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