PYC4802 – ASSESSMENT 3
The problems related to identifying and diagnosing
Borderline Personality Disorder in adolescents within the
South African context.
Carey Streeter
Unique number : 649677
,Table of Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................3
Borderline Personality Disorder : A Mental Health Disorder..................................3
How does one identify, classify and diagnose a Personality Disorder? ..............3
But why “Borderline”? .................................................................................................7
Borderline Personality Disorder over the years .......................................................8
The apparent causes of Borderline Personality Disorder. .....................................9
A misunderstood disorder. .......................................................................................10
A Theoretical Concept Ridiculed by Others. ..........................................................11
A South African perspective: Challenges faced in diagnosing Borderline
Personality Disorder: .................................................................................................12
Conclusion ..................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................15
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, 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 work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone, to copy my work with the
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and declare that this assignment is my work
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DATE: 04.07.2021
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The problems related to identifying and diagnosing
Borderline Personality Disorder in adolescents within the
South African context.
Carey Streeter
Unique number : 649677
,Table of Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................3
Borderline Personality Disorder : A Mental Health Disorder..................................3
How does one identify, classify and diagnose a Personality Disorder? ..............3
But why “Borderline”? .................................................................................................7
Borderline Personality Disorder over the years .......................................................8
The apparent causes of Borderline Personality Disorder. .....................................9
A misunderstood disorder. .......................................................................................10
A Theoretical Concept Ridiculed by Others. ..........................................................11
A South African perspective: Challenges faced in diagnosing Borderline
Personality Disorder: .................................................................................................12
Conclusion ..................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................15
1
, 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 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 work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else's assignment, or part of it, is wrong,
and declare that this assignment is my work
SIGNATURE: C.STREETER
DATE: 04.07.2021
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