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    This document summarizes information about borderline personality disorder (BPD). It begins with defining BPD and providing a brief history. It then discusses the current understanding and debates around naming the disorder. Several key symptoms and complications are outlined, including emotional instability, unstable relationships, self-harm, legal issues, and relationship/job problems. The document discusses diagnosis methods such as examinations, medical tests, and mental health evaluations. Potential causes like genetics, brain chemistry issues, and risk factors like childhood trauma and family mental health problems are presented. Finally, the document discusses treatment options including psychotherapy approaches and potential medications, noting that recovery takes time.

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    This document summarizes information about borderline personality disorder (BPD). It begins with defining BPD and providing a brief history. It then discusses the current understanding and debates around naming the disorder. Several key symptoms and complications are outlined, including emotional instability, unstable relationships, self-harm, legal issues, and relationship/job problems. The document discusses diagnosis methods such as examinations, medical tests, and mental health evaluations. Potential causes like genetics, brain chemistry issues, and risk factors like childhood trauma and family mental health problems are presented. Finally, the document discusses treatment options including psychotherapy approaches and potential medications, noting that recovery takes time.

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    Neutral Beige and Sage Green Simple and Professional Mental Health Workshop Webinar Keynote Presentation

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    This document summarizes information about borderline personality disorder (BPD). It begins with defining BPD and providing a brief history. It then discusses the current understanding and debates around naming the disorder. Several key symptoms and complications are outlined, including emotional instability, unstable relationships, self-harm, legal issues, and relationship/job problems. The document discusses diagnosis methods such as examinations, medical tests, and mental health evaluations. Potential causes like genetics, brain chemistry issues, and risk factors like childhood trauma and family mental health problems are presented. Finally, the document discusses treatment options including psychotherapy approaches and potential medications, noting that recovery takes time.

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    BODERLINE

    PERSONALITY
    DISORDER
    Team members:
    Sania Shahnaz
    Huddah Kamran
    Hafsah Azhar Malik
    Muhammad Shahab Ghauri
    Ansab Arfan
    Bordeline personality disorder

    Defination

    History( 1938-1980)

    BPD today

    debate over name


    01 02
    IMPULSIVE QUIET
    Antisocial features Dichotomous
    thinking

    05
    04
    03
    DISCOURAGED
    SELF-DESTRUCTIVE PETULANT
    Dependency
    Negative,
    rationalizing
    Marital stress and divorce

    Frequent job changes or


    business losses.

    Abusive relationships

    Frequent self-harm attempts


    (burning, cutting)

    High rate of legal issues (e.g


    Jail time)
    Complications
    Incomplete education
    Symptoms
    Affects how you feel about yourself, how you relate to others and
    how you behave.
    Intense Fear of abondonment

    Rapid changes in self identity


    Impulsive and risky behavior


    Emotional Unstability

    A pattern of unstable and intense


    relationships

    DIAGNOSIS
    PAST SELF PHYSICAL
    HISTORY REPORT EXAMINATIONS

    BLOOD
    TEST EEG MENTAL
    EXAMINATIONS

    Causes
    Genetics: May be inherited or strongly associated with other mental health
    disorders among family members
    Brain Chemical Problem: Result in depression, aggression, and destructive
    urges
    Brain Chemical Problem: MRI revealed patients with BPD had 3 brain parts
    with smaller size or unusual activity:
    1. Amygdala: Regulates emotions, especially "negative" ones like fear,
    aggression and anxiety
    2. Hippocampus: Helps regulate behavior and self-control
    3. Orbitofrontal cortex: Involved in planning and decision making
    Risk Factors
    Hereditary predisposition: You may be at a higher risk if a close relative —
    your mother, father, brother or sister — has the same or a similar disorder
    Stressful/Traumatic Life events:
    1. Victim of sexual, physical, and/or emotional abuse
    2. Neglected or separated from guardians during childhood
    3. Exposure to hostile conflict and unstable family relationships
    4. Raised with a family member having drug addiction or mental health
    condition
    5. Lost a close friend or family member
    Treatment
    Treated using psychotherapy, but medication may be added

    Psychotherapy
    Dialectical behavior therapy
    Schema-focused therapy
    Mentalization based therapy
    Medication

    Antipsychotics & mood stabilization drugs


    As recommended by the doctor

    Recovery takes time


    Bipolar vs. Boderline

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