Facts about borderline personality disorder (BPD)

• 2 percent of adults have borderline personality disorder (BPD).
• Diagnosed more often in women (75 percent).
• Borderline personality disorder splitting includes a switch between idealizing and demonizing others.
• 20 percent of psychiatric hospital admissions have borderline personality disorder.
• 10 percent of adults with borderline personality disorder commit suicide .
• 50 percent experience Clinical Depression.
• Without treatment, symptoms may worsen, leading (in extreme cases) to suicide attempts.
• Individuals with borderline personality disorder may show changeability between anger and anxiety or between depression and anxiety and temperamental sensitivity to emotive stimuli.
• 12 percent of men and 28 percent of women in prison have borderline personality disorder.
• 55-85 percent of adults with borderline personality disorder self-injure their bodies.