These two disorders share many features, making proper diagnosis a challenge. Treatment providers must be aware that some ...

In addition to often being referred to by the same acronym (BPD), bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder share other superficial similarities that make it easy to confuse the two.

Many children and adolescents diagnosed with bipolar disorder later in life are discovered to have had disturbed interpersonal relationships consistent with borderline personality. The theory that ...

Jessica Matthews was 21 when she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). She said the diagnosis led to her ...

At follow-up, the majority of these patients still met the criteria for one of the "milder" personality disorders (histrionic, avoidant, or obsessive-compulsive). Stone has compiled a list of ...

Bipolar disorder is a complex mental health condition characterized by extreme mood swings, ranging from manic highs to ...

Borderline personality disorder can fluctuate in intensity and mimic other conditions such as major depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and psychosis. Estimates suggest 26% of ...