Borderline personality disorder has attracted more attention than any other Personality Disorder (PD). Individuals with BPD have shown to have a history of physical and sexual abuse. Changes in their lives, such as moving from one country to another can also trigger BPD symptoms. According to the DSM-5 “Personality disorder categories may be applied to children or adolescents in those relatively unusual instances in which the individual's particular maladaptive personality traits appear to be pervasive, persistent, and unlikely to be limited to a particular developmental stage or another mental disorder” (APA, 2013, p. 647). For a clinician to give a diagnosis of BPD to a child under the age of 18, their symptoms must be present for more than a year. The Section III alternative model of the DSM-5 does not say anything against giving a diagnosis to
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As stated by Mash and Barkley (2014) “unfortunately, some clinicians and researchers have misinterpreted the DSM-IV guidelines to mean that PDS may never be diagnosed in childhood or adolescence” (p. 853). Some clinicians worry that diagnosing a youth with BPD is going to lead to stigmatization. While, others believe that children before 18-years are going through developmental changes in their lives, which means that they going through different moods and their actions are also impulsive. Mash and Barkley (2014) stated that clinician’s “hesitance to diagnose PDs in youth has had a significant negative impact on researchers’ interest in studying the development of PDs, though this is changing as more work focuses on this topic” (p. 853). Furthermore, negative peer relationships, such as bullying have shown to increase the symptoms of BPD in children as early as 11-years old. Because individuals with BPD have difficulty managing their emotions, their usually don't have good relationships with their
As stated by Mash and Barkley (2014) “unfortunately, some clinicians and researchers have misinterpreted the DSM-IV guidelines to mean that PDS may never be diagnosed in childhood or adolescence” (p. 853). Some clinicians worry that diagnosing a youth with BPD is going to lead to stigmatization. While, others believe that children before 18-years are going through developmental changes in their lives, which means that they going through different moods and their actions are also impulsive. Mash and Barkley (2014) stated that clinician’s “hesitance to diagnose PDs in youth has had a significant negative impact on researchers’ interest in studying the development of PDs, though this is changing as more work focuses on this topic” (p. 853). Furthermore, negative peer relationships, such as bullying have shown to increase the symptoms of BPD in children as early as 11-years old. Because individuals with BPD have difficulty managing their emotions, their usually don't have good relationships with their