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Trastorno límite de la personalidad - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Trastorno fronterizo de la personalidad

Definición:

Es un padecimiento en el cual las personas tienen patrones prolongados de emociones turbulentas o inestables, como sentimientos acerca de sí mismos y de los demás.

Estas experiencias interiores a menudo los llevan a tomar acciones impulsivas y tener relaciones interpersonales caóticas.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Las causas del trastorno límite de la personalidad se desconocen. Se cree que los factores genéticos, familiares y sociales juegan un papel.

Entre los factores de riesgo que predisponen a este trastorno están:

  • Abandono en la niñez o en la adolescencia
  • Vida familiar disociada
  • Comunicación deficiente en la familia
  • Abuso sexual

Este trastorno de la personalidad tiende a ocurrir más a menudo en las mujeres y entre pacientes psiquiátricos hospitalizados.

  • Reviewed last on: 11/15/2010
  • Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and David B. Merrill, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Blais MA, Smallwood P, Groves JE, Rivas-Vazquez RA. Personality and personality disorders. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2008:chap 39.

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