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Гранично личностово разстройство
Borderline personality disorder

Author(s): Presiyan Burgov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Individual Psychology, Neuropsychology, Personality Psychology, Psychology of Self, Clinical psychology, Behaviorism, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Borderline personality disorder; impulsivity; destructive behavior; primitive defenses; diffuse identity; object relations

Summary/Abstract: The term borderline personality organization more accurately describes the people who have a specific, stable, pathological personality organization, which is not a transitory state fluctuating between neurosis and psychosis. Borderline personality disorder is a condition characterized by difficultiesin regulating emotion. This difficulty leads to severe, unstable moodswings, impulsivity and instability, poor self-image and stormy personal relationships. People may make repeated attempts to avoid real or imagined situations of abandonment. The combined result can manifest into destructive behavior, such as self-harm or suicide attempts.

  • Issue Year: 24/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 96-107
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian