scholarly journals Borderline personality disorder: Definition, differential diagnosis, clinical contexts, and therapeutic approaches

2020 ◽  
pp. 043-056
Author(s):  
Perrotta Giulio
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches

Differential Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder from Bipolar Disorder

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Hatchett
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Atypical Antipsychotics ◽  
Treatment Approach ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Mood Stabilizers ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Dsm V

Many psychiatrists have reconceptualized borderline personality disorder (BPD) as a variant of bipolar disorder and, consistent with the treatment of bipolar disorder, emphasize the use of mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics in treatment. This change in diagnostic practice is unfortunate. BPD is a distinct diagnostic construct, and clients who fit this pattern require a fundamentally different treatment approach than what is typically recommended for bipolar disorder. The purpose of this article is to update counselors on the expansion of bipolar disorder in the psychiatric literature, present evidence for the validity of BPD, discuss strategies for the differential diagnosis of it from bipolar disorder, review proposed changes in DSM-V, and integrate the literature into a mental health counseling framework.

scholarly journals The role of cognitive-developmental tests in differential diagnosis of borderline and schizophrenic patients

Psihologija ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
Gordana Vulevic ◽  
Goran Opacic
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Picture Arrangement ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

The aim of our research was to find out whether cognitive-developmental tests such as Nominal Realism Test and Vygotsky Concept Formation Test could contribute to the process of diagnosing borderline and schizophrenic patients. The specific aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic power of subtests (such as Vocabulary, Comprehension, Similarities and Picture Arrangement Test) on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (VITI) in the differential diagnosis of the two groups of patients. The study included 90 subjects, 30 of whom were diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), 30 had the diagnosis of schizophrenic psychosis (SCH), while 30, who had no psychiatric diagnosis, represented the control group. The findings indicate that the patients with BPD, and particularly those diagnosed with SCH, had both quantitative and qualitative cognitive impairment. The findings show that cognitive developmental tests represent valuable tools in the differential diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia.

Differential Diagnosis of the Multiple Personality

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1187-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Solomon ◽  
Vicki Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Dissociative Disorders ◽  
Multiple Personality

The diagnosis of multiple personality is difficult and complicated. The differential diagnosis includes temporal lobe epilepsy, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, malingering, and other dissociative disorders. Psychometric research is needed to sharpen detection of multiple personality.

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