A classic communication theory, the double bind, may offer a unifying explanation for the paradoxes at the core of borderline ...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental illness that afflicts roughly 2 percent of the general population (Paris, 2010), 10 percent of psychiatric outpatients (Zimmerman, Rothschild, ...

BPD causes symptoms like emotional and relationship instability as well as higher anxiety levels. Insurance coverage for treatment may vary, requiring you to check your specific plan. Borderline ...

Borderline Personality Disorder patients now have access to several effective therapies including dialectical behavioral therapy, mentalization based therapy and psychiatric management with goals of ...

A “favorite person” (FP) in borderline personality disorder (BPD) describes someone to whom an individual with BPD relies the most for support and reassurance. This bond can be profoundly emotional, ...

‘I’m a liar. I’m a thief. I’m emotionally shallow. I’m mostly immune to remorse and guilt. I’m highly manipulative. I don’t care what other people think.” Thus opens “Sociopath: A Memoir,” by Patric ...

Some people use the term “quiet borderline personality disorder” to describe cases of BPD where a person directs their symptoms inward rather than toward other people. However, it is not an officially ...

“The new Taylor Swift album, The Tortured Poets Department, really hit me hard,” I told my therapist almost one year ago to the date. It dropped on 19 April 2024, and I was speaking about the end of a ...