noun
borderline personality disorder; BPD
Psychiatric term for borderline personality disorder. Used in clinical and formal contexts.
境界性パーソナリティ症の治療には、弁証法的行動療法が有効とされている。
Dialectical behavior therapy is considered effective for treating borderline personality disorder.
彼女は境界性パーソナリティ症と診断された。
She was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
Older term for borderline personality disorder; 境界性パーソナリティ症 is the newer, preferred term in Japanese psychiatry.
Compound of 境界性 (borderline) + パーソナリティ (personality) + 症 (disorder/syndrome). The term is a direct translation of the English 'borderline personality disorder'.