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  2. Borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    e. Borderline personality disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), [16] 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. [9][17][18] People diagnosed with BPD ...

  3. Mentalization-based treatment - Wikipedia

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    Mentalization-based treatment. Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) is an integrative form of psychotherapy, bringing together aspects of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, systemic and ecological approaches. MBT was developed and manualised by Peter Fonagy and Anthony Bateman, designed for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

  4. Misdiagnosis of borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    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 ] Misdiagnosis may involve erroneously assigning a BPD diagnosis to individuals not ...

  5. Narcissistic personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a diminished ability to empathize with other people's feelings.

  6. Personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Personality disorders (PD) are a class of mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture. [ 1 ] These patterns develop early, are inflexible, and are associated with significant distress or ...

  7. Parasocial interaction - Wikipedia

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    Parasocial interaction was first described from the perspective of media and communication studies.In 1956, Horton and Wohl explored the different interactions between mass media users and media figures and determined the existence of a parasocial relationship (PSR), where the user acts as though they are involved in a typical social relationship. [1]

  8. Codependency - Wikipedia

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    Borderline personality disorder – there is a tendency for loved ones of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to slip into "caretaker" roles, giving priority and focus to problems in the life of the person with BPD rather than to issues in their own lives. The codependent partner may gain a sense of worth by being perceived as ...

  9. Bipolar disorder - Wikipedia

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    [100] [101] [102] A key difference between bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder is the nature of the mood swings; in contrast to the sustained changes to mood over days to weeks or longer, those of the latter condition (more accurately called emotional dysregulation) are sudden and often short-lived, and secondary to social ...