Psychopathology
PYC4802
Assignment 03
Borderline Essay
649677
Unisa
9 July 2021
Essay Question
Discuss, in detail, the problems related to identifying and
diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder in adolescents within
the South African context.
1
, Table of Contents
Declaration 2
Introduction 3
DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Personality Disorders 4
Problems Related to Identifying Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
in Adolescents (BPD) 6
Problems Related to Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
in Adolescents Within the South African Context 10
Conclusion 12
Works Cited 14
PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and
pretending that it is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the convention
for citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in,
this assignment from the work, or works of other people has been attributed
and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else's assignment, or part of it, is wrong,
and declare that this assignment is my own work
SIGNATURE: _C*********__________
DATE: _______9_July_2021_______
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PYC4802
Assignment 03
Borderline Essay
649677
Unisa
9 July 2021
Essay Question
Discuss, in detail, the problems related to identifying and
diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder in adolescents within
the South African context.
1
, Table of Contents
Declaration 2
Introduction 3
DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Personality Disorders 4
Problems Related to Identifying Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
in Adolescents (BPD) 6
Problems Related to Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
in Adolescents Within the South African Context 10
Conclusion 12
Works Cited 14
PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and
pretending that it is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the convention
for citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in,
this assignment from the work, or works of other people has been attributed
and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else's assignment, or part of it, is wrong,
and declare that this assignment is my own work
SIGNATURE: _C*********__________
DATE: _______9_July_2021_______
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