Psychiatry Patient Guides
Borderline Personality Disorder
 The manual used to diagnose psychiatric disorders, DSM-IV, describes 10
different personality disorders. The most common personality disorder
treated by mental health professionals is borderline personality disorder
(BPD).
Plus, what makes a
personality disordered?
Information in this section is provided by Rhode Island
Hospital psychiatrist Mark Zimmerman, MD. The psychiatry department's
services include the MIDAS Project,
an ongoing clinical research study involving the
integration of research assessment methods into routine clinical practice.
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