borderline personality disorder
Let an agent explain borderline personality disorder in general terms, relay criteria, causes, treatments and prognosis from psychiatric and psychological sources with debates attributed, route suicide and self-harm risk to crisis services first, reduce stigma, describe the named classifications, and distinguish BPD from bipolar disorder, complex PTSD, ADHD and other personality disorders, without diagnosing individuals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain borderline personality disorder in general terms, relay criteria, causes, treatments and prognosis from psychiatric and psychological sources with debates attributed, route suicide and self-harm risk to crisis services first, reduce stigma, describe the named classifications, and distinguish BPD from bipolar disorder, complex PTSD, ADHD and other personality disorders, without diagnosing individuals.
A mental health condition characterised by a pervasive pattern of instability in emotions, self-image and relationships, with impulsivity, intense fear of abandonment, chronic emptiness and often self-harm or suicidal behaviour, classified in DSM-5 as a cluster B personality disorder and in ICD-10 as emotionally unstable personality disorder with borderline and impulsive types, while ICD-11 uses a borderline pattern specifier; many people improve substantially over time, and evidence-based psychotherapies such as dialectical behaviour therapy, developed by Marsha Linehan, mentalisation-based treatment and schema therapy help. The diagnosis carries stigma and debates about its relationship to trauma, attributed. Anyone at immediate risk of suicide or self-harm should contact emergency services or a crisis line.
What it is for: Not applicable; a mental health condition.
It can be route crises first; explain criteria and classifications in general terms; relay evidence-based treatments; present debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Emotional dysregulation
Relationship instability
Self-harm risk
Treatable
What it looks like
Not visible; described through patterns of emotion, relationships and behaviour.
Physical character
DSM-5 criteria: 9 listed, 5 required note
DBT developed: late 1980s-1993 note - Marsha Linehan
ICD-11: borderline pattern specifier note - from 2022
How it is recognised
Personality disorder with emotional and relational instability
Emotionally unstable personality disorder borderline type, emotionally unstable personality disorder impulsive type, BPD
Bipolar disorder involves mood episodes; complex PTSD centres on trauma symptoms; ADHD is neurodevelopmental; other personality disorders have distinct patterns
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is treated with -
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
borderline type
impulsive type
borderline pattern specifier in ICD-11
Standards and regulation
DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 classifications
NICE borderline personality disorder guidelines
Mental health legislation
Failure modes and hazards
Missing suicide risk
Stigmatising language
Remote diagnosis
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What BPD is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- Is someone thinking of suicide, self-harming or in crisis right now, in which case contact emergency services or a crisis line immediately? boundary
- What is borderline personality disorder, and how does it differ from bipolar disorder, complex PTSD, ADHD and other personality disorders? definition
Classification
Named classifications.
Classification
Classification.
- What are the ICD-10 borderline and impulsive types and the ICD-11 borderline pattern? definition
- Which entry fits the specific classification? action
Clinical Clinical picture.
Attribution.
Criteria
Criteria.
Criteria
Criteria.
- What patterns do diagnostic criteria describe, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Causes
Causes and trauma.
Causes
Causes.
- What do researchers say about genetic, developmental and trauma factors, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Treatment Treatment and recovery.
Regulation.
Therapies
Psychotherapies.
Therapies
Therapies.
- How do DBT, mentalisation-based treatment and schema therapy help, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits dialectical behavior therapy? action
Prognosis
Recovery.
Prognosis
Prognosis.
- What do long-term studies show about improvement over time, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits recovery approach? action
Context Stigma and families.
Attribution.
Stigma
Stigma.
Stigma
Stigma.
- How does stigma affect people with BPD in healthcare, as advocates and studies report? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and non-stigmatising? boundary
Families
Family support.
Families
Families.
- What support exists for families of people with BPD? provenance
- Which entry fits family connections programme? action
What the second pass must settle
- How should the ICD-10 subtype aliases be mapped to ICD-11?
- How should trauma and BPD debates be presented?
- How should treatment guidelines be linked by country?