Borderline Personality Disorder

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………….. 1 2. DSM-IV-TR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS …………………………………………………………………. 1 3. DSM-IV-TR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER ……………………………………………….. 3 4. PROBLEMS RELATED TO IDENTIFYING AND DIAGNOSING BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER (BPD) ……………………... 4 5. CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………………….. 5 Page 1 THE PROBLEMS RELATED WITH IDENTIFYING AND DIAGNOSING BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER 1. INTRODUCTION Borderline Personality Disorder is one of the more common Personality Disorders. According to Kernberg and Michels (2009), Borderline Personality Disorder had a prevalence of about 4 % in the community and 20 % in many clinical psychiatric populations at the time. Despite its high prevalence and the devastating effect Borderline Personality Disorder has on members of our society, a lack of awareness and great confusion still exists about this disorder in both the public and professional arena. As a result, health care professionals often experience problems in identifying the disorder when dealing with patients. Even if identified, difficulties are experienced in making the correct diagnoses. This assignment deals with the problems related with identifying and diagnosing the disorder. 2. DSM-IV-TR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS According to Tutorial Letter 101 for PSY481U/PYC4802 (2011), the DSM-IV-TR classification system, published by the American Psychiatric Association, lists the diagnostic criteria for a Personality Disorder as: (i) An enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture, (ii) is pervasive and inflexible across a broad range of personal and social situations, (iii) has an onset in adolescence or
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