Abstract
These individuals, who are often bright and verbal, present with intriguing physical and emotional symptoms. The pathology of the borderline personality begins at an early age with a failure to integrate a sense of self. Patients with this disorder have little sense of who they are or what they are feeling; anger is the one emotion felt consistently. Such patients may present with psychosomatic symptoms, brief psychotic episodes, depression or suicide attempts. Extended psychotherapy is generally required for enduring benefits.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Anger
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Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
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Anxiety / complications
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Benzodiazepines / therapeutic use
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Borderline Personality Disorder* / diagnosis*
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Borderline Personality Disorder* / therapy
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Child
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Depression / complications
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Female
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Humans
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Identity Crisis
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Interpersonal Relations
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Lithium / therapeutic use
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Lithium Carbonate
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Personality Disorders* / diagnosis
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Personality Disorders* / therapy
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Phenothiazines
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Physician-Patient Relations
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Psychotherapy
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Risk
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Suicide, Attempted / psychology
Substances
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Antipsychotic Agents
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Phenothiazines
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Benzodiazepines
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Lithium Carbonate
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Lithium