Borderline personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder The central feature of borderline personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationship, self perception and mood The patient make recurrent suicidal threats and gesture and a small propoion of patients carry out the act or self multilation like cutting or burning The patients have difficulty in controlling their anger and impulsitivity. There is unceainty about personal identity *EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE *Unstable and internse relationship *Disturbance in self image *Impulsivity *Affective instability *Chronic feeling of emptiness *Suicidal behavior *Difficulty controlling anger Dissosiative symptoms Reference: Kaplon and sadock, 11 th edition, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 868