borderline personality disorder
noun[CorU]
psychologyspecializeduk/ˌbɔː.də.laɪn pɜː.sənˈæl.ə.ti dɪˌsɔː.dər/us/ˌbɔːr.dɚ.laɪn pɝː.sənˈæl.ə.t̬i dɪˌsɔːr.dɚ/apersonalitydisorder(= amentalconditionaffectinga person'srelationships, andtheirideaof themselves and what is around them)in which a person'smoodoftenchangessuddenlyand they havedifficultycontrollingtheirbehaviourorforminglongrelationships:
He wasdiagnosedwithborderlinepersonalitydisorder.
Herlawyerspresentedevidencethat shesufferedfrom aborderlinepersonalitydisorder.
- Ayoungwoman withborderlinepersonalitydisordercame to thepsychiatricemergencyward.
- Theinstitutesaysborderlinepersonalitydisorderis morecommonthanschizophreniaorbipolardisorder.
- People with aborderlinepersonalitydisordermaypresentparticularissuesingrouptherapy.
- Theconferencediscussedtreatmentofborderlinepersonalitydisorders.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- bulimia
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- hysterically
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome
- sundowning