BPD Borderline Personality Disorder

This essay aims to discuss, analyse and contrast the problems that Clinicians face when identifying and diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic criteria for Axis 1 and Axis 2 disorders will be defined to outline the Diagnostic criteria and the overlap that exists amongst these criteria. There exists large co-morbidity between, PTSD, the Mood disorders, Depression and the Impulse Control disorders. In addition to the aforementioned problems, the difficult client...