borderline personality disorder A personality disorder that involves a prolonged disturbance of personality function characterized by depth and variability of moods. DOID:10930 ICD9CM:301.83 MSH:D001883 SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:192488005 SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:20010003 UMLS_CUI:C0006012 disease_ontology Personality disorder that is a pattern of inestability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity. DSM-IV-TR (american Psychiatric Association) F60.31 Persons with this disorder are impulsive, have chronic feelings of emptiness, and form unstable and intense interpersonal relationships. They may be quite friendly one day and quiet hostile the next. females are three times more likely than males to receive the diagnosis. The individuals with this disorder can empathise with and nurture other people, but only with the expectation that the other person will "be there" in return to meet their own needs on demand. this individuals are prone to sudden and dramatic shifts in their view of others, who may alternately be seen as beneficent supports or as cruelly punitive. MFOMD_0000047 301.83 Trastorno límite de la personalidad personality disorder