Some mental health professionals may find working with people with borderline or antisocial personality disorder challenging. People with personality disorder can experience difficulties in ...

In Borderline Personality Disorder: Early Development I described how the young child must integrate multiple images (self and object representations) into a coherent, unitary, relatively consistent ...

BPD causes symptoms like emotional and relationship instability as well as higher anxiety levels. Insurance coverage for treatment may vary, requiring you to check your specific plan. Borderline ...

A classic communication theory, the double bind, may offer a unifying explanation for the paradoxes at the core of borderline ...

The symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and schizoid personality disorder are different, and BPD is more common. However, both can have a severe psychological impact, affecting a ...

People with borderline personality disorder have a debilitating fear of real or perceived abandonment. Ironically, they often push people away.

The role of environment and pre-existing risk factors in BPD has identified new therapies. Growing awareness of this mental illness characterized by heightened emotional response and volatile ...

People with Borderline Personality Disorder are 13 times more likely to report childhood trauma than people without any mental health problems, according to University of Manchester research. The ...

People with the personality disorder have an extreme fear of being left. They use anger to protect from feeling fear, but it can lead to isolation.

Despite a few similar symptoms, bipolar disorder is not a type of personality disorder. However, it may be misdiagnosed as one, or you can have both. Bipolar disorder is considered a type of mood ...

People with borderline or antisocial personality disorder agree a structured and phased plan with their care provider before their services change or are withdrawn. Once in treatment, people with ...