In Borderline Personality Disorder: Early Development I described how the young child must integrate multiple images (self and object representations) into a coherent, unitary, relatively consistent ...

Emotional highs and lows and questions of who we are are a natural part of adolescence. During this transformative period, young people go through profound psychological changes that affect how they ...

Petulant borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a potential subtype of BPD. It involves mood changes and irritability. There is debate over subtypes of BPD. Petulant BPD is one of the four subtypes ...

Here's what BPD is, what causes it, how it is treated and why there is hope for those who have it.

Personality traits, especially borderline personality, appear to predict change in depression status and are significantly associated with its persistence. Data from 2366 respondents (no depression ...

Some experts believe borderline personality disorder (BPD) could be a type of neurodivergence. Currently, though, major health organizations consider BPD a mental health condition. The term ...

The message was simple: “I’ll call you later.” Nothing unusual. Nothing alarming. Just a few words that, under normal circumstances, would have passed without much thought. But for Eric (not his real ...