Author(s)

Jianghan Ren

Corresponding Author

Jianghan Ren

ABSTRACT

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most pervasive and common personality disorders. This disorder is characterized as being abnormally sensitive to interpersonal slight, unstable self-image, erratic emotionality and propensity of self-destruction. This study will be demonstrating the studies from proceeding years to illustrate the characteristics of borderline personality disorder through the aspects of comorbidity and gender difference. With the consistent result given by those studies, we found that there was a significant difference in terms of comorbidity and symptoms between male patients and female patients. Male patients tended to have the characteristic of externalizing the distress (being more aggressive, narcissistic, and antisocial), while female patients tended to have the characteristic of internalizing the distress (being more anxious, insecure, and depressed). Future study can further investigate the cause of this uneven distribution and focus more on male patients.

KEYWORDS

Borderline Personality Disorders, Comorbidity, Gender Difference