borderline personality disorder; BPD
Psychiatric term for borderline personality disorder. Used in clinical and formal contexts.
Dialectical behavior therapy is considered effective for treating borderline personality disorder.
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'.