Review on the Effects of Borderline Personality Disorder on Human Life

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Page: 265-270

Sangeeta, C.K. Singh, and Jyoti Dudi (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Sciences
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Borderline personality disorder is characterised by unstable behavior patterns that impacts individual life. BPD impacts person’s ability to control himself/herself, impulses, interpersonal interactions, boredom, and emptiness. People with this disease deal with several difficulties in their daily life. Unable to manage emotions, impulsive anger, self-harming behaviors, and frequent suicidal thoughts are all clinical indications of the illness. The objective of the article is to examine the signs and symptoms, causes, impact of BPD, categories of BPD, diagnostic criteria, treatment options including various therapies provided to borderline personality disorder patients and theories related to the disorder. The article revealed that the development of this condition is influenced by genes and early environmental factors, including sexual and physical assault. Effective therapies for patients include dialectical behavior therapy, mentalization-based therapy, schema-based therapy, and psychotherapy. Medication can also lessen despair, anxiety, and impulsive aggression. The four kinds of borderline personality disorder, the diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder, and treatments for a borderline personality disorder are all covered in this review, which also summarises therapies for patients with a borderline personality disorder to help them improve. In order to comprehend and treat this clinical disease, further study is required to be conducted in our nation as there haven’t been many BPD studies conducted in India, and India urgently needs to raise awareness of this issue. Numerous cultures all throughout the world have documented cases of BPD. Plentiful experts have argued that the DSM’s diagnostic criteria shouldn’t be used uniformly without taking into account a person’s cultural background. Persons’ attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral patterns that are peculiar to a certain civilization are framed by culture. So, it is important to study how BPD manifests in different cultures because it has a number of characteristics that may be unique to the Indian cultural environment. It has been argued that the BPD diagnostic category needs to be updated to include psychotic symptoms, particularly hallucinations.