Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder is a pattern of instable moods, relationships, and a sense of identity. The Borderline Personality Disorder is usually found in the Axis I of the DSM-IV, it is can be qualified as a mood disorder because of the disturbance in mood and most Borderlines tend to have substance abuse problems, which is also found in Axis I. But Borderline Personality Disorder can also be categorized in the Axis II, because it is a personality disorder. People who are diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder are functioning at the border of neurosis and psychosis (Halgin & Whitbourne, 2010). Individuals have a higher possibility for developing Borderline Personality Disorder in their
Most individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder end up committing a crime and spending a lot of their time in prison. One of most used treatment plans for people with Borderline Personality Disorder is therapy. The therapists mostly focus on simple issues with the client first, then try to dig deeper to find out all of the client’s problems. One of the main problems with people who have
Borderline Personality Disorder is that they do not stay in the therapy sessions long enough to make much progress (Halgin & Whitbourne, 2010). The therapists of these individuals must accept the person for whom they are, and respect them for they are trying to change their lives and not be angry all the time (Cloud, 2009). Borderline clients are most often overly medicated because of the difficulty diagnosing this disorder (Cloud, 2009). In this article, psychologist Marsha Linehan, developed a study trial for people with Borderline Personality Disorder called “dialectical behavior therapy” which drastically reduced their tendency to injure themselves (Cloud, 2009). Individuals who do not seek treatment do not tend to get any better. This article describes a lady, Lily, who found out she had Borderline Personality Disorder in her late 20s. At that time in her life she felt as if nothing was bringing her any happiness. She began to experiment cutting herself to make her at least feel something because she felt numb