#BPD MANIC EPISODE FULL#

#BPD MANIC EPISODE FULL#

Although psychosis can occur in a mood disorder, the presence of psychosis during a bipolar mood episode is not sufficient by itself to merit the diagnosis of Schizoaffective Disorder which is only made when the full criteria for diagnosis of both a mood episode (such as a manic, mixed or major depressive episode) and criterion 'A' for the diagnosis of schizophrenia are present.

Schizoaffective disorder is a diagnosis characterized by the simultaneous presence of both the mood disorder characteristic of bipolar disorder and the psychotic thought problems characteristic of Schizophrenia. In contrast, bipolar patients are offered medication as their primary form of therapy. First line treatment for BPD remains psychotherapy (with medication offered as a secondary support). This point is highly controversial and does not represent the mainstream view within the mental health professions, however. Because of this difficulty, some experts argue that BPD is best thought of as a form of ultradian cycling. It is not at all easy to differentiate borderline mood swings from those, which might be attributed to ultradian rapid cycling bipolar disorder.

This is in contrast to bipolar disorder patients whose mood swings are thought of as occurring due to brain chemistry problems (e.g., a 'hardware' problem). Mood swings in the context of borderline personality disorder are thought of as 'software' problems brought on by changes in the patient's perception and appraisal of their social situation. Borderline personality disorder represents a situation where that normal social and emotional maturation process becomes interrupted, due to trauma or difficult life circumstances that interact with temperamental (instinctual) emotional sensitivity. Young children tend to represent the word in this high contrast way, but to then grow out of this black and white thinking as they mature.

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