Chronic feelings of emptiness, worthlessness. Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days). Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, threats, or self-mutilating behavior. Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., promiscuous sex, eating disorders, binge eating, substance abuse, reckless driving). Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self. According to the American Psychiatric Association, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is typified by an unstable or poorly developed self-image, rapidly changing personal goals, intense but unstable relationships colored with neediness due to real or imagined fear of abandonment and an impaired ability to recognize the needs and feeling of others.
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER DSM 5 CRITERIA MANUAL
A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation. Personality disorders are a group of 10 officially recognized mental health conditions listed by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the preeminent text for diagnosing mental illness in the U.S. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. There are thus 256 different combinations of symptoms that could result in a diagnosis, of which 136 have been found in practice in one study. Identity: people with BPD may have a poorly developed and unstable self-image. A DSM diagnosis of BPD requires any five out of nine listed criteria to be present for a significant period of time. For Borderline Personality Disorder to be diagnosed, there should be moderate or greater impairment in personality functioning, shown by difficulties in two or more of the elements of personality traits. The latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), the widely-used American Psychiatric Association guide for clinicians seeking to diagnose mental illnesss, defines Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as: "a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image and affects, as well as marked impulsivity, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts." BPD is classed on "Axis II", as an underlying pervasive or personality condition, rather than "Axis I" for more circumscribed mental disorders. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a common mental health condition in psychiatric settings.