BPD: NO, it’s not Bipolar DisorderWhy the misdiagnoses and misconceptions exist.

What’s the issue?Potentially dangerous misdiagnoses between BPD and Bipolar Disorder occur, due to the similar symptoms both disorders share.

So, what are these disorders anyway?MENTAL

HEALTH

Emotional, Psychological, and social well-being

1 IN 5 AMERICAN ADULTS

EXPERIENCE A MENTAL HEALTH

ISSUE

1 IN 20 AMERICANS

LIVE WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY

DISORDER

“BPD, Emotional dysregulation

disorder”

A mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships, which includes

emotional isntability, feelings of

worthlessness, insecurity,

impulsivity, and impaired social relationships

BIPOLAR DISORDER

“Manic Depression”

A disorder associated with mood swings ranging from

depressive lows to manic highs, in which the

patient may have periods of

elevated mood and then other periiods of

depressed mood.

NIMH, 2015

What are the obstacles?0Clinicians have become reluctant to diagnose Borderline Personality Disorders & Bipolar Disorder

0WHY?(Bruce)

DIAGNOSES PROCESS EX. (King-Casas, B)

What’s been done?

RESEARCH HAS LED TO:

~REASSESSMENT AND REDIAGNOSES~ TREATMENT

(pRESCRIPTIONS & thERAPY)

~NIMH

What MORE should be done then?

MORERESEARCH

Rediagnoses/Reevaluation

Adjustment of Treatments

Focus on Alternative Forms of Therapy

Work Cited

0 "Borderline Personality Disorder." NIMH RSS. NIMH Press. Web. 2 Feb. 2015. <http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

healthtopics/borderline-personality-disorder/

0 McNally, Richard J.. What Is Mental Illness?. Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press, 2011. ProQuest

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0 Ruggero, C J. (2010). Borderline personality disorder and the misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Journal of psychiatric

research, 44(6), 405-408.

0 "The Distinction between Personality Disorder and Mental Illness | The British Journal of Psychiatry." The

Distinction between Personality Disorder and Mental Illness | The British Journal of Psychiatry . The

Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1 Feb. 2002. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.

0 Sagrero-Mendoza, Adriana. Personal Interview. 09-25 Oct 2014

0 Pfohl, Bruce "Structured Interview for DSM-IV® Personality (SIDP-IV)." Structured Interview for DSM-IV® Personality (SIDP-IV). American Psychiatric Publishing, 2015. Web. 28 Mar. 2015.

0 King-Casas B, Sharp C, Lomax-Bream L, Lohrenz T, Fonagy P, Montague PR. The Rupture and Repair of Cooperation in Borderline Personality Disorder . Science . 2008 Aug 8;321(5890):806-10.