Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. Clinical signs of the disorder include emotional dysregulation, impulsive aggression, repeated self-injury, and chronic suicidal tendencies,...
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental illness that is defined by chronic mood instability, impulsive behaviors, and difficulty regulating emotions. People with BPD are prone to angry outbursts and overreactions, especially to criticism. This can set the stage for very volatile relationship...
By definition, a psychotic disorder is a chronic mental illness that requires long-term treatment, medication and sometimes hospitalization, in-patient care as well. This blog post will provide you information on different kinds of psychotic illness, their prevalence, signs and symptoms. Therefore, ...
Frequent and rapid mood swings. Chronic sense of emptiness. Having uncontrollable or intense anger. Disconnecting from yourself (disassociation). Treating Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder Getting a proper diagnosis for quiet BPD is just the beginning. The good news is that treatment options for qui...
Borderline personality disorder (BPD), mental illness characterized by chronic instability in the affected individual’s mood, relationships, and sense of identity. The term borderline was first brought into psychiatric terminology in 1938 by American ps
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Chronic medical illness not only affects the patient but the entire family. The family system undergoes a tremendous change in focus during the acute illness, with members marshaling their resources to help the ill member. This inward focus is costly, producing profound stress. Often; family ...
Some babies with BPD, a chronic disease causing significant metabolic stress, have been noted to take on a cushingoid appearance. We postulated that this appearance is a result of stress induced elevated cortisol levels and altered body fat distribution (central/peripheral skin fold thickness). 29...