Diagnosing Issues Surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

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The problems related to assessing and classifying / diagnosing 16 to 20 year olds with patterns of impulsivity, instability in interpersonal relationships, self image and affect. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 THE GENERAL CHALLENGES OF DIANOSING AND ASSESSING ADOLESCENTS WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1 3 WHAT IS BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER? 2 3.1 Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder and how it presents itself 2 3.2 The general diagnosing issues specifically surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder 3 4 ADOLESCENTS AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER 4 4.1 Why are adolescents susceptible to being mistakenly diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder? 4 4.2 Over diagnosing and under…show more content…
3.2 The general diagnosing issues specifically surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder While it is difficult to diagnose adolescents with Personality Disorders it is also challenging in general to give a Personality Disorder diagnosis. This is because according to Tutorial Letter 101 for PYC4802 (2012, p.34), in order to diagnose Personality Disorders individuals need to be accessed over time, as well as across various scenarios. Individuals also need to be detached from symptoms that may only have appeared after specific stressors, traumatic experiences and/or fleeting mental states. Borderline Personality Disorder in particular provokes a sense doubt of in researchers and psychiatrists as well as feelings of aggravation in those who work with such patients. The diagnosis of a Borderline Personality Disorder has been disputed as some clinicians state that the disorder can be explained by various comorbid conditions or as alternative disorders found on Axis 1 of the DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Personality Disorders), such as a mood disorder (Goodman, Hazlett, New, Koenigsberg & Siever, 2009, p.

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