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Borderline Personalities
Adolescents with Borderline Personalities that Self-Mutilate
Terri Lynn McCarley, RN
Ohio Christian University
Nursing Research
NR3300
Professor Snider
Adolescents with Borderline Personalities that Self-Mutilate
The purpose of this paper is to discuss adolescents who self-mutilate and how the
diagnosis of borderline personality disorder has an effect on it. This author will describe traits of a borderline personality disorder, some of the suggested reasons for self-mutilation and the correlation between the two. This author will provide a synopsis of two literature reviews.
Question
The question is in adolescents, what is the effect on borderline personality disorders as evidence by self-mutilating compared with adolescents with no mental health disorders?
Why This Population is Important?
This specific population, adolescents, was chosen because of the impact it has on the future generation. It has a large impact on the children that are coming up in life behind the adolescents. Children are usually influenced by the generation before them and this influence impacts the next generation.
Adolescents are known as the “what’s happening now” in society today. This specific population is challenging and full of new views of how they see the world. Is this a phase or an actual mental health disorder for adolescents?
The importance of this paper is to look at adolescence receiving earlier treatment and diagnosis. Another important focus of this paper is to understand the correlation of a mental health diagnosis and self-mutilation.
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
A common and distressing symptom of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is self-harm. People with BPD often act very impulsively whether it is through alcohol or drug abuse, gambling and over-spending, or promiscuous behavior. Self-harm is one of the most excruciating expressions of this need for instant...