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borderline personality disorder
a personality disorder marked by features of personality organization that may include instability, impulsiveness, intense or poorly controlled
anger, inability to tolerate being alone, and chronic feelings of emptiness. Affected individuals sometimes seem to be on
the borderline of psychosis and are highly unstable in mood, behavior, self-image, and affect. Their interpersonal relationships
are often stormy because of their shifts in attitude and their tendency to idealize, devalue, or manipulate others. Suicidal
gestures and self-mutilation sometimes occur with this disorder.

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