Borderline Personality Disorder

What is it?

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a chronic, debilitating biological disorder affecting the limbic system of the brain that controls emotions. People with BPD have difficulty regulating their emotions. Thus BPD is also known as emotional regulation disorder (ERD).¹ Since the BPD is a medical disorder, proper medications must come before therapy.

• 2% of adults have this disorder.
• 20% present in psychiatric hospitals.
• 11% in outpatient clinics.

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Emotional Regulation Disorder

The term BPD was coined during a time when little was known about this disorder. This name does not describe the disorder accurately and a new name needs to take it's place. Emotional regulation disorder is very commonly used along with emotional intensity disorder.

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Articles

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General BPD Articles

• BPD and BP - Do we tell others? When?  Why?

• NEA-BPD Family Conference Findings

• Stigma and Some Online BPD Family Support Groups

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BPD Family Articles are here.

BPD Clinical Articles are found here.

• An Object Relations Approach to Understanding Unusual Behaviors and Disturbances

• Diminished Impulsivity in Older Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder

• Borderline Personality Disorder Associated With Deficit in Cognitive Control

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