Grade 12th passZoology

What is the difference between schizophrenia and boderline personality disorder

Arundhati roy

9 Years agoGrade 12th pass

2 Answers

Dr.Adam Shaik

Approved Tutor Answer9 Years ago

Schizophrenia is characterised by thoughts or experiences that seem out of touch with reality, disorganised speech or behaviour and decreased participation in daily activities. Difficulty with concentration and memory may also be present.

Borderline personality disorder(BPD), is a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by unstablerelationships with other people,
unstablesense of self, and unstableemotions.
Often patient undergoes an extreme fear ofabandonment, frequent dangerous behavior, a feeling of emptiness, andself-harm.
Symptoms may be brought on by seeing normal events

Pragya Kar

Approved Tutor Answer9 Years ago

SCHIZOPHRENIA a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder, is a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by unstable relationships with other people, unstable sense of self, and unstable emotions.