title: The borderline personality.
abstract: These individuals, who are often bright and verbal, present with intriguing physical and emotional symptoms. The pathology of the borderline personality begins at an early age with a failure to integrate a sense of self. Patients with this disorder have little sense of who they are or what they are feeling; anger is the one emotion felt consistently. Such patients may present with psychosomatic symptoms, brief psychotic episodes, depression or suicide attempts. Extended psychotherapy is generally required for enduring benefits.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007063:Identity Crisis; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010640:Phenothiazines; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012306:Risk; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D010640:Phenothiazines; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium