Running head: Borderline Personality
Borderline Personality Disorder: Affective Instability
Keith Milstead
Walden University
PSYC-8721-002 Advanced Psychopathology
Abstract
This paper will look at the symptomology, etiology, risk of development, cultural prevalence and co-morbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). In addition, this paper will differentiate BPD from like disorders. Biological factors, psychological factors and social/environmental factors will be examined as to how these factors associate in the development of this disorder. The most current treatment approaches for BPD will be addressed.
Borderline Personality Disorder: An Affective Instability
Introduction/overview
The American Psychiatric Association’s (2000) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fourth Edition - Text Revision defined borderline personality disorder (BPD) as a pervasive pattern of problems with interpersonal relationships, perception of self, instability of manifestion of emotion and marked impulsivity (p. 706). Bipolar personality disorder is characterized by emotional tumult, psychosocial difficulties and impulsive and self destructive tendencies ( Bland, Williams, Scharer & Manning, 2004). This paper will look at the symptomology, etiology, risk of development, cultural prevalence and co-morbidity of BPD. In addition, this paper will differentiate BPD from like disorders. Biological factors, psychological factors and social/environmental factors will also be examined as to how these factors associate in the development of this disorder. Helgeland and Torgerson (2004) discussed the influence of abuse and neglect, the effect of the unpredictability and instability of an individual’s environment and parental behavior toward the predisposition of the development of BPD. Ryan (2005) reported that BDP is predisposed when an individual’s capacity for autonomy is affected by the lack of response and validation of a...