Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Disorder: Impulsive Behavior
Impulsivity in relationship, Argumentative
Personality Disorders
A personality disorder is a persistent pattern of emotions, cognitionsand behavior that results in enduring emotional distress for the person affected and/or for others and may cause difficulties with work and relationships. DSM-5 divides the personality disorders into three groups or clusters. The cluster division is based on resemblance. Cluster A is called the odd or eccentric clusters; it includes paranoid, schizoid and schizotypal personality disorders. Cluster B is the dramatic, emotional or erratic cluster; it consists of antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders. Cluster C is the anxious or fearful cluster, it includes avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.
Cluster "B"
People diagnosed with the cluster B personality disorders - Antisocial, borderline, histrionic and narcissistic- all have behaviors that have been described as a dramatic, emotional, or erratic.
Borderline Personality Disorder
People with borderline personality disorder lead tumultuous lives. Their moods and relationships are unstable, and usually they have a poor self-image. These people often feel empty and are at great risk of dying by their own hands. Borderline Personality Disorder is one of the most common personality disorders observed.
SYMPTOMS
- Impulsivity and instability in relationship.
- Impulsivity and instability in mood.
- Attitudes and feelings toward people vary considerably and inexplicably over short periods of time.
- Erotic emotions, shift abruptly from passionate idealization to contemptuous anger.
- Argumentative.
- Irritable.
- Sarcastic.
- Quick to take offense.
- Very hard to live with person.
- Impulsive behavior includes gambling.
- Spending indiscriminate sexual activity.
- Substance abuse and eating sprees.
CAUSES
Psychological
Suicidal, Erratic moods and Impulsivity may influence.
Biological
Familial link to mood disorders, possibly inherited tendencies [impulsivity or volatility].
Social/ Cultural
Early trauma, especially sexual / physical abuse, Rapid cultural changes may trigger symptoms.
TREATMENT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is the treatment suggested for the borderline personality disorder. It involves helping people cope with the stressors that seem to trigger suicidal behavior medication includes-tri cyclic antidepressants, minor tranquilizers and lithium.
Find Treatment Program here
REFERENCE
David H. Barlow, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
V. Mark Durand, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA- ST. PETERSBERG
2. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: 9TH EDITION
Davision G.C., Neale, J.M. and Kring, A.M.
3. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Allov. L.B.: Riskind, J.H. and Manos, M.J.
4. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY AND MODERN LIFE. NY: Harper and Collins. 2000
Carson. R.C. and Butcher. N.J.