About Borderline Personality Disorder: Are There Subtypes of BPD? 2/16/11

From Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, PhD, your Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder There is often chatter online and in the popular psychology literature about the subtypes of BPD-- but is there research to back up this claim? Is BPD a unified diagnostic category, or are their different types of BPD?

Subtypes of BPD - What Does the Research Tell Us?  In order to be diagnosed with BPD, an individual must meet just five out of a total of nine diagnostic criteria, meaning that BPD in one person can look very different from BPD in another. This has led some experts to wonder whether there are actually distinct types of borderline personalities. See More About:  bpd treatments  bpd related conditions  bpd relationships

Understanding Shame in BPD  Shame, a self-conscious emotion associated with a sense of worthlessness, self-contempt, or self-loathing, may in part explain the high rates of self-harm and suicidal behavior in people with BPD. See More About:  bpd and emotions  understanding bpd

Self-Embedding - Is Self-Harm Taking a New Form?  Although I have worked with clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) for many years, I have never had a patient that (to my knowledge) engaged in self-embedding. In fact, I... Read more

Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder  Understand the various treatment options for borderline personality disorder. Treatments for BPD include medication, hospitalization, self-help strategies, and many forms of psychotherapy. Learn more about the treatments that are available and the effectiveness of these treatments here.