Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder & the Effects they have on their Children
Date Submitted: 10/09/2002 21:02:01
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 10 pages (2691 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 10 pages (2691 words)
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined as "a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity" (Lawson, p.xi), and clinically it can be described as bordering between sanity and insanity (Kaufman, p.4). BPD is a mental illness that has been around for decades but unknown to most people. It was not until 1980 that the American Psychiatric Association formally recognized BPD in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, also referred to …
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