1.INTRODUCTION
The aim of this essay is to explore DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Personality Disorders,
also discussing the problems related to identifying and diagnosing Borderline
Personality Disorder in adolescents within the South African context.
The term “borderline personality” origi...
1INTRODUCTION………………………………………3
2DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Personality Disorders…..3-4
3Problems related to identifying Borderline Personality Disorder in
adolescents (BPD)………………………………………………………………………
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The aim of this essay is to explore DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Personality Disorders,
also discussing the problems related to identifying and diagnosing Borderline
Personality Disorder in adolescents within the South African context.
The term “borderline personality” originallywas used by psychodynamic therapists to
describe patients whose personality was on the border between neurosis and psychosis
(Kernberg, 1967). Now, however, it is generally used to describe the DSM-IV-TR
personality disorder that includes some features of that type of personality: borderline
personality disorder, which is characterized by volatile emotions, an unstable self-
image, and impulsive behavior in relationships (American Psychiatric Association, 2000)
Borderline Personality Disorder is fairly stable, patients change little over time.
Longitudinal studies show no progression towards schizophrenia but patients have a
high incidence of major depression disorder episodes, therefore anti-depressants and
anticonvulsant may improve global functioning for some patients.
2. DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Personality Disorders
The DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association,2013,p.645) define personality disorders
‘as enduring patterns of perceiving ,relating to ,and thinking about the environment and
oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal context and are flexible
and maladaptive ,and cause functional impairment of subjective distress’ .Personality
disorder has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads
to distress or impairment. The etiology of Personality Disorders is attributed to the
development of immature and distorted patterns of personality functioning which leads
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