BPD: NO, it’s not Bipolar Disorder Why the misdiagnoses and misconceptions exist.
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BPD: NO, it’s not Bipolar DisorderWhy the misdiagnoses and misconceptions exist.
What’s the issue?Potentially dangerous misdiagnoses between BPD and Bipolar Disorder occur, due to the similar symptoms both disorders share.
So, what are these disorders anyway?MENTAL
HEALTH
Emotional, Psychological, and social well-being
1 IN 5 AMERICAN ADULTS
EXPERIENCE A MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUE
1 IN 20 AMERICANS
LIVE WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
DISORDER
“BPD, Emotional dysregulation
disorder”
A mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships, which includes
emotional isntability, feelings of
worthlessness, insecurity,
impulsivity, and impaired social relationships
BIPOLAR DISORDER
“Manic Depression”
A disorder associated with mood swings ranging from
depressive lows to manic highs, in which the
patient may have periods of
elevated mood and then other periiods of
depressed mood.
NIMH, 2015
What are the obstacles?0Clinicians have become reluctant to diagnose Borderline Personality Disorders & Bipolar Disorder
0WHY?(Bruce)
DIAGNOSES PROCESS EX. (King-Casas, B)
What’s been done?
RESEARCH HAS LED TO:
~REASSESSMENT AND REDIAGNOSES~ TREATMENT
(pRESCRIPTIONS & thERAPY)
~NIMH
What MORE should be done then?
MORERESEARCH
Rediagnoses/Reevaluation
Adjustment of Treatments
Focus on Alternative Forms of Therapy
Work Cited
0 "Borderline Personality Disorder." NIMH RSS. NIMH Press. Web. 2 Feb. 2015. <http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
healthtopics/borderline-personality-disorder/
0 McNally, Richard J.. What Is Mental Illness?. Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press, 2011. ProQuest
ebrary. Web. 12 March 2015. index.shtml>.
0 Ruggero, C J. (2010). Borderline personality disorder and the misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Journal of psychiatric
research, 44(6), 405-408.
0 "The Distinction between Personality Disorder and Mental Illness | The British Journal of Psychiatry." The
Distinction between Personality Disorder and Mental Illness | The British Journal of Psychiatry . The
Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1 Feb. 2002. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
0 Sagrero-Mendoza, Adriana. Personal Interview. 09-25 Oct 2014
0 Pfohl, Bruce "Structured Interview for DSM-IV® Personality (SIDP-IV)." Structured Interview for DSM-IV® Personality (SIDP-IV). American Psychiatric Publishing, 2015. Web. 28 Mar. 2015.
0 King-Casas B, Sharp C, Lomax-Bream L, Lohrenz T, Fonagy P, Montague PR. The Rupture and Repair of Cooperation in Borderline Personality Disorder . Science . 2008 Aug 8;321(5890):806-10.