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Idealization by Edvard Munch (1903), who is presumed to have had borderline personality disorder [6] [7]: Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: Unstable relationships, distorted sense of self, and intense emotions; impulsivity; recurrent suicidal and self-harming behavior; fear of abandonment; chronic feelings of emptiness; inappropriate anger; dissociation [8] [9]
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive, long-term pattern of significant interpersonal relationship instability, a distorted sense of self, and intense emotional responses, which can be misdiagnosed. [1]
One small study, which excluded individuals with a comorbid Axis 1 disorder, has indicated that outpatients undergoing dialectical behavioral therapy and taking the antipsychotic olanzapine show significantly more improvement on some measures related to BPD, compared to those undergoing DBT and taking a placebo pill, [53] although they also ...
About 10% more common in males [97] Schizotypal personality disorder: Inconclusive The DSM-5 reports it is slightly more common in males, although other results suggest a prevalence of 4.2% in women and 3.7% in men [1] [98] Antisocial personality disorder: Male
Boys of this age are more likely to be diagnosed with a disorder than girls. [40] From age 9-17, at least 1 in 5 children have a diagnosed disorder, but only about a third of these children receive treatment for their disorder. [ 41 ]
African American males are known to be more likely to be suspended or expelled from school, receive harsher sentences for the same offenses as defendants of different races, or be searched, assaulted or killed by police officers. [66] [67] [68] The disproportionately high diagnosis of ODD in AA males may be used to rationalize these outcomes. [61]
After children progressed past the toddler stage, gender differentiations started to emerge, with boys wearing trousers and girls in dresses or skirts. But it wasn't until the early 20th century ...
Dissociative identity disorder; Other names: Multiple personality disorder Split personality disorder: Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: At least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states, [1] recurrent episodes of dissociative amnesia, [1] inexplicable intrusions into consciousness (e.g., voices, intrusive thoughts, impulses, trauma-related beliefs), [1] [2 ...