MENTAL ILLNESS

Illness including

Mental Illness

Introduction

Personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self image, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long term planning and to interpret the individual self-identity. Initially thought to be the "borderline" of psychosis, people with BPD suffer from a disorder of emotion regulation. Although less known than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness), BPD is more common, affecting 2 percent of adults, especially young women.1 There is a high rate of self-injury without intent to suicide, and a significant rate of suicide attempts and ...