Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder & the Effects they have on their Children
Title: Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder & the Effects they have on their Children
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Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder & the Effects they have on their Children
Category: /Social Sciences/Psychology
Details: Words: 2691 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
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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