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Borderline Ki?ilik Bozuklu?u (BKB), duygulan?mda dalgalanmalar?n, ki?ileraras? ili?kilerde dengesizli?in ve benlik karma?as?yla beraber dürtüsel davran??lar?n oldu?u bir psikiyatrik bozukluktur. BKB tan?s? alm?? olan bireylerin, tutars?z davran??lar?n?n varl??? ki?iler aras? ili?kilerdeki i?lev kayb? zorlanmalara neden olmaktad?r. Bireyin kendisini kar??s?ndaki bireyin yerine koyarak, ilgili du...

Few areas of psychiatric investigation have seen progress as radical as in the field of personality disorder, particularly the treatment of borderline personality disorder. The advance in the understanding of borderline personality disorder has been influenced by two developments: (a) the increasing recognition that the disorder has a far more benign course than previously thought; and (b) the ...

The aim of the current paper was to review the most recent advances in the developmental aspects of borderline personality disorder (BPD) over the last 3 years to highlight the most significant trends in the field. In so doing, we identify and discuss two exciting new trends: (a) an emphasis on the biological basis of adolescent BPD and (b) empirical evidence in support of long-held theories of...

In the past three years, several psychosocial treatments for borderline personality disorder have received empirical support. This review highlights findings from recent treatment studies and discusses how these findings have dramatically altered clinical practice for this disorder.