title: The borderline personality in the medical setting.
abstract: Patients with a borderline personality disorder are notorious for causing problems in medical settings because of their angry, provocative, and often self-destructive behaviors. Such patients may frequently evoke negative, often angry responses in physicians. The diagnosis and effective management of such patients are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011385:Projection