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Social Science Clinic => Psychology => Topic started by: audie on Feb 24, 2021
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What "border" did the term "borderline" in borderline personality refer to?
◦ The border between Axis I and Axis II disorders
◦ People with borderline personality disorder were thought to be on the brink of psychosis, on the border between sanity and insanity.
◦ Because people with borderline personality disorder behave normally much of the time, they were thought to only be on the edge of mental illness.
◦ The behaviors exhibited by people with borderline personality disorder lie on continuum between neurotic and psychotic disorders.
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The behaviors exhibited by people with borderline personality disorder lie on continuum between neurotic and psychotic disorders.