How to Use borderline personality disorder in a Sentence

borderline personality disorder

noun
  • One record includes the case of a Dutch woman in her 30s with autism and borderline personality disorder.
    Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 28 June 2023
  • In the study, most women were more likely to have borderline personality disorder.
    Eric Taipale, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Pete Davidson has opened up about having borderline personality disorder, even using it as a punchline in many of his jokes.
    Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 24 June 2020
  • While research shows that most people with borderline personality disorder see an improvement in their symptoms with treatment over time, de la Rosa does not find comfort in that.
    Rebecca Erly, New York Times, 3 July 2023
  • The doctors were given one of two case studies: the first, about a patient with borderline personality disorder; the other, about a patient with major depressive disorder.
    Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The authors hope their work leads to progress in the development of effective treatments for borderline personality disorder.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Davidson added that the trauma of the ordeal left him with severe abandonment issues — a symptom of borderline personality disorder.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Pete Davidson, who has borderline personality disorder (BPD), is one of them.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Brandon Marshall, who spent 13 seasons in the N.F.L., has talked about his diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.
    New York Times, 1 June 2021
  • Ryder played Kaysen, an 18-year-old girl with borderline personality disorder who is sent to a local psychiatric hospital.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 May 2024
  • As for medication, there is no one medication designed to treat the core symptoms of borderline personality disorder.
    Heather Mayer Irvine, Health, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Sparhawk, who was diagnosed with severe A.D.H.D. and borderline personality disorder in his late thirties, now believes that his father had similar problems.
    Justin Taylor, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
  • To add to the current understanding of borderline personality disorder, Cardona and her research team recruited eight people with BPD to participate in a diary study over a 12-week period.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Also, children who slept for shorter periods at night were more likely to be associated with borderline personality disorder at ages 11 and 12.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 July 2020
  • The singer was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder, and spent six years in and out of mental health facilities.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Having lost a previous love interest, and experiencing at an early age the deaths of both father and older brother, this young woman may have suffered from what today would be labeled borderline personality disorder.
    Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • During her trial for the murder of Richard Mallory, three psychologists testified for the defense that Wuornos suffered from borderline personality disorder, impairing her ability to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law.
    CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
  • In 2018, Davidson revealed he had been diagnosed the previous year with borderline personality disorder.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 5 May 2023
  • This type of therapy is considered the first-line treatment for borderline personality disorder but is also commonly used for patients with bipolar disorder, PTSD, and eating disorders.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 22 June 2021
  • Davidson most recently underwent treatment in the summer of 2023 to address issues related to PTSD and borderline personality disorder.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
  • Greg Williams Bailey also talks about her borderline personality disorder diagnosis and has been refreshingly open with how her mental health intermingles with her daily life.
    Margaux Anbouba, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Sissi is more of a depressive rather than a narcissist or someone suffering borderline personality disorder.
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022
  • If Gagne’s sociopathy falls outside DSM diagnoses, borderline personality disorder cuts across them.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
  • Beaten by her mother as a young girl, she was later diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder, and acknowledged having suicidal thoughts in recent years.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Psychedelics can be destabilizing for people who’ve had psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, and potentially for people with bipolar or borderline personality disorder.
    Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 10 Mar. 2022
  • My mom probably has narcissism and borderline personality disorders but has never been diagnosed.
    Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • But after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, Bianca struggled to make connections with other teens.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 16 June 2024
  • Nessa has been transparent about her mental health and her journey with therapy and medication and has also detailed her diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, anxiety, and depression.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Of course anger is associated with many other disorders including depression, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, to name a few.
    Naomi Weinshenker, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Clinicians have, however, begun to adapt psychotherapies that have proved to be effective in other related conditions, such as borderline personality disorder.
    Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023

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