Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships. It is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors like childhood trauma. Symptoms include fear of abandonment, unstable relationships, impulsivity, self-harm, and shifting self-image. Treatment focuses on counseling therapies like dialectical behavior therapy to help patients manage emotions and improve relationships.

2. INTRODUCTION
In here I like to introduce all about Borderline Personality
Disorder. Personality refers to individual differences in characteristics
patterns of THINKING, FEELING and BEHAVING.
Personality Disorders are conditions in which an individual
differs significantly from an average person, in terms of how they
Think, Perceive, Feel or relate to Others.
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3. DEFINITION
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious
Mental illness marked by unstable Moods, Behaviour, and
Relationships.
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4. CAUSES
 Genetic.
 TRAUMATIC Childhood.
 Vulnerable Temperament.
 Stressful maturational events in adolescence and childhood.
 Childhood abuse or trauma or neglect.
 Abuse (Emotional, Sexual, Physical) by the care takers.
 Chronic Stress.
 Unresolved life events.
 Over involvement and under involvement of Parents.
 Defective family environment.
 Alteration in level of neurotransmitters,
e.g., Serotonin, Acetylcholine, GABA and Norepinephrine.
 Affective disorders.
 Substance abuse disorder.
 Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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5. SYMPTOMS
 You feel very worried about people abandoning you, and would do
anything to stop that happening.
 You have very intense emotions that last from a few hours to few
days and can change quickly (for example, from feeling very happy
and confident in the morning to feeling low and sad in the afternoon).
 You don’t have a strong sense of who you are, and it can change
depending on who you’re with.
 You find it very hard to make and keep stable relationships.
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6.  You act impulsively and do things that could harm you (such as
binge eating, unsafe sex, using drugs or driving dangerously).
 You have suicidal thoughts or self harming behaviour such as
cutting.
 You feel empty and lonely a lot of the time.
 You get very angry, and struggle to control your anger.
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7.  When very stressed, sometimes you might:
- feel paranoid.
- have psychotic experiences, such as seeing or hearing things
other people don’t.
- not remember things properly after they’ve happened.
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8. DIAGNOSIS
 Self – reported experiences of the client.
 A comprehensive personal and family history.
 A physical examination.
 Blood tests to exclude HIV or Syphilis.
 EEG, CT scan to exclude epilepsy and brain lesions.
 Mental state examination.
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9. To be diagnosed with BPD, a person must experience at least
five of the following symptoms:
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10.  Fear of abandonment.
 Unstable or changing relationships.
 Unstable self-image; struggles with identity or sense of self.
 Impulsive or self-damaging behaviours (e.g., excessive spending,
unsafe sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating).
 Suicidal behaviour or self-injury.
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11.  Varied or random mood swings.
 Constant feelings of worthlessness or sadness.
 Problems with anger, including frequent loss of temper or
physical fights.
 Stress-related paranoia or loss of contact with reality.
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12. TREATMENT
 Counseling and Therapy.
 Medications.
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13.  DIALETICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (DBT), This type of
therapy focuses on the concept of mindfulness, or being aware
of and attentive to the current situation.
 DBT teaches skills to control intense emotions, reduces self –
destructive behaviours, and improves relationships.
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14.  This therapy differs from CBT in that seeks a balance between
changing and accepting beliefs and behaviours.
 Individual, family and marital counselling may be require according
to needs.
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15. CONCLUSION
In this Presentation deal with Borderline Personality
Disorder. Here discussed it’s Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and
Treatment.
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16. THANKS ALL