PYC4802 Assignment 3 (QUALITY ANSWERS) 2025

This document contains workings, explanations and solutions to the PYC4802 Assignment 3 (QUALITY ANSWERS) 2025. For assistance whats-app us on 0.6.8..8.1.2..0.9.3.4... Borderline Personality Disorder, or BPD, is a serious mental health condition that affects how a person feels, thinks, and behaves. It often leads to unstable emotions, poor self-image, and difficulties in building and keeping relationships. Diagnosing this disorder can be hard because its symptoms look like other mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. People with BPD often feel intense emotions, fear being left alone, and may act in risky or self-harming ways. This essay will first explain the criteria used to diagnose personality disorders, especially BPD, according to the DSM-5. It will then look at the main signs of BPD and how it affects people’s daily lives. The next part will focus on the problems that mental health professionals face when trying to diagnose this disorder. For example, the symptoms can be different in every person, and many people with BPD also have other mental health issues, making diagnosis more confusing. Finally, this essay will explore how these challenges play out in the South African context. In South Africa, there are extra difficulties like lack of mental health services, cultural misunderstandings, and stigma. These factors make it even harder to diagnose and treat BPD properly in the country (Burke et al., 2019). ...... Discuss the challenges that are experienced by clinicians when assessing and diagnosing borderline personality disorder and their applicability within the South African context. (100 marks) a) Discuss the diagnostic criteria and hallmark features of Personality disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder (20) b) Critically discuss challenges that are experienced by clinicians in identifying and diagnosing BPD and examine the relevance within the South African context (60) c) Layout of the essay and using the correct APA referencing style, and for additional use of students’ references (20) Introduction (5) Discuss the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Personality and borderline personality disorder. (15) Linking the question with specific diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder. (10) Discuss the problems experienced by clinicians related to identifying and diagnosing borderline personality disorder. (30) Contextual factors of South Africa emphasized (10) Evidence of having thoroughly incorporated the prescribed articles on cultural factors in the argument