Case Study Borderline Personality Disorder

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The personality disorder that we would diagnose Robin with is Borderline Personality Disorder. In order to have a personality disorder, Robin must show signs of “a persistent pattern of emotions, cognitions, and behavior that results in enduring emotional distress for the person affected and/or for others and may cause difficulties with work and relationships” (DSM-5). Robin has met each of these requirements. She showed breakdown emotionally by attempting multiple times to commit suicide. Robin’s psychiatrist has previously prescribed her antidepressants, during which time she was hospitalized ten times. Cognitively, Robin began breaking down around age fourteen. During her early teens she being to have difficulties with bulimia nervosa. Robin met her husband at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting while in college. Until age twenty-seven, she was able to function in society without any issues or setbacks. Since her teenage years, Robin’s personality has been erratic and unpredictable causing her support group to be very small. The characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder that Robin
The prognosis of Borderline Personality Disorder can vary from case to case. As we learned in class the rates of comorbidity are fairly high with BPD: 20% of people have a major depressive disorder, 40% have bipolar disorder, 67% struggle with substance abuse disorders and 25% of those with Bulimia also have Borderline Personality Disorder. With effective treatment most individuals with borderline personality disorder can improve and even sometimes emit their symptoms. Sadly emotional dysfunction can be the best predictor for suicide and 6% of people with Borderline Personality Order result in that. Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder are known improve in a person’s 30-40 year age range but sometimes they also can struggle with the disorder for the rest of their

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