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(redirected from borderline personality disorder)

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There is strong evidence that sexual abuse (1), rejection by a parent, and other factors such as anxiety disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and substance abuse, can, and do, influence the development of an inclination towards homosexual behaviour.
Borderline personality disorder affects about 2% of the adult population and is characterised by impulsive, often self-destructive, behaviour and mood swings.
Similarly, Linehan's (1993) biosocial emotional dysregulation theory holds that self-injury in person's diagnosed with borderline personality disorder occurs secondary to a person being highly sensitive and reactive to emotional stimuli, yet having a deficit in emotion regulation skills.
 
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