Controversy Associated with Personality Disorders

Controversy Associated with Personality Disorders

Personality disorders are defined as the type of mental health disorders in which people exhibit unhealthy patterns of thinking, behaving, and functioning. Individuals with personality disorders experience problems in connecting to people and situations resulting in noteworthy limitations for a mentally ill person in social activities, relationships, work, or school. Personality disorders are becoming a more prevalent and debating concern in healthcare settings (Winsper et al., 2020). These conditions have still some gray areas which are yet not interpreted correctly. There are various personality disorders including Antisocial personality disorder, OCD, Avoidant personality disorder, Paranoid personality disorder, Borderline personality disorder, etc (Winsper et al., 2020). This paper will further provide the explanation of Borderline Personality disorder (BPD) as it contains some controversial interpretations. Classification of Borderline personality disorder is controversial as the patients diagnosed with it, also qualify to be diagnosed with other different conditions. Hence to diagnose this condition, there should be a systematic and clear assessment of the patient as compared to those who exhibit normal personality traits (Campbell et al., 2020). Moreover, it is also not clear what specific personality variable should be assessed in patients with Borderline personality disorder. Some of the complications which may arise entail noteworthy contradictions observed with the