Schema Therapy Institute Midwest - Indianapolis Center - What Is BPD?BPD is a disabling disorder of high prevalence (from 2 to 6% lifetime prevalence in the general population) and high incidence (15% of all outpatients and 23% + of inpatients in psychiatric hospitals).

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What Is BPD?

BPD is a disabling disorder of high prevalence (from 2 to 6% lifetime prevalence in the general population) and high incidence (15% of all outpatients and 23% + of inpatients in psychiatric hospitals).

Defining BPD DSMIV

AFFECT

1.Emotional reactivity

2.Difficulty with anger

BEHAVIOR

3.Suicidal behavior, Self-Injury

4.Impulsivity - potentially self-damaging

INTERPERSSONAL

5.Abandonment fears

6.Stormy, idealize then devalue

SELF

7.Unstable identity

8.Emptiness

REALITY TESTING

9.Transient, stress- related paranoid episodes, dissociation

A person with any combination of 5 of these symptoms is given a BPD diagnosis.

Do people tell you that you over-react?

Do you feel like your emotions and behavior are out of your control?

As a last resort, have you self-injured or attempted suicide in an attempt to end unbearable pain?

Do you feel like you don't belong anywhere and that there is no one else like you?

Are you confused about who you are?

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