Borderline personality disorder Brochure

Split/ting

Effects (BPD) - Substance abuse - Self – mutilation - Suicidal behavior

- Depression - Antisocial -

Eating disorders

BY: GN

People living with a BPD patient need to: -

Keep your word Encourage responsibility Offer honest feedback Don’t escalate arguments

Treatments: -

Medication Group therapy Brief hospitalization Psychotherapy

Symptoms: (BPD) - Strong bouts of anger - Mood Swings - Suicidal behavior

- Fear of being abandoned - Chronic feeling of emptiness

Borderline Personality: Disorder is a mental disorder that is characterized by patterns of unstable emotions.

More Information: (BPD)

Causes: BPD was believed to be caused by defective parenting. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. BPD creates an imbalance in the neurotransmitters that regulates impulsive control and emotions in an individual.

Statistics: - BPD affects six to ten million Americans (about the population of New York) - 75 – 90% of the those diagnosed with BPD are women - 1/10 people with BPD commit suicide - 33% who commit suicide have features, or traits of BPD

• TARA

The Treatment and Research Advancements Association for Personality Disorder.

Phone: 212 - 966 - 6514 • NIMH National institute of Mental Health E-mail Address

- Dangerous, impulsive behavior - Unstable sense of identity - Paranoid thought

- Patterns of unstable relationships

nimhinfo@nih.gov Phone: 1-301-443-4513