What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?
6. Associated Mental Health Conditions
Borderline personality disorder is also sometimes associated with other mental health conditions. This is often caused and/or exasperated by abuse of alcohol and other drugs, and abuse of substances can result in a vicious cycle. The patient might also have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is another associated mental health condition.
Patients with borderline personality disorder will also sometimes have eating disorders and/or anxiety disorders. Bipolar disorder is another possibility, and some will also suffer from depression. Mental health conditions like depression can lead to the patient to take their own life so they should be taken very seriously.
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