Borderline Personality Disorder Counselling Dublin

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Borderline Personality Disorder

• Counselling Services Dublin

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What is borderline personality disorder (BPD)?

• Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental
  health condition marked by extreme mood
  fluctuations, instability in interpersonal
  relationships and impulsivity.
• People with BPD have an intense fear of
  abandonment and have trouble regulating their
  emotions, especially anger. They also tend to
  show impulsive and dangerous behaviors, such as
  reckless driving and threatening self-harm. All
  of these behaviors make it difficult for them to
  maintain relationships.

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Signs and Symptoms

• People with borderline personality disorder may
  experience intense mood swings and feel
  uncertainty about how they see themselves. Their
  feelings for others can change quickly, and swing
  from extreme closeness to extreme dislike. These
  changing feelings can lead to unstable
  relationships and emotional pain.

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Personality Disorder Treatment Dublin

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is the
  therapy type that has proven most efficacious in
  treating BPD. DBT treatment can be provided on an
  individual basis ...

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Diagnosis

• Borderline personality disorder is usually
  diagnosed in late adolescence or early adulthood.
  Occasionally, a person younger than age 18 may be
  diagnosed with borderline personality disorder if
  symptoms are significant and last at least a
  year.

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Treatments and Therapies

• Borderline personality disorder historically has
  been viewed as challenging to treat. But with
  newer, evidence-based treatment, many people with
  this disorder experience fewer and less severe
  symptoms, improved functioning, and better
  quality of life. It is important for patients
  with borderline personality disorder to receive
  treatment from a licensed mental health
  professional.

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