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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most controversial diagnoses in psychology today. Ever since it was introduced in the DSM, psychologists and psychiatrists have been trying to give the concepts behind Borderline Personality Disorder a concrete form. Some researchers believe that BPD is a name given to the end result of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that the term BPD has been so misunders ....
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.... common in women than in men. The increased amount of BPD among women is thought to be a result of the greater incidence of incestuous experiences during their childhood. This victimization can later result in impaired relationships and mistrust of men, and a seriously damaged self-image.
The main category of diagnosis of BPD is and impaired ego integration, which is a diffuse and internally contradictory concept of oneself. Kernberg is quoted as saying, Borderlines can de ....
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