The 4 Sub-Types of Borderline Personality Disorder

Dr. Theodore Millon

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To better understand Borderline Personality Disorder, Dr. Theodore Millon, an American psychologist known for his work on personality disorders, devised a set of widely acknowledged subtypes for each of the classes that appear on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He proposed four different subtypes that fall under Borderline Personality Disorder and these are: Discouraged Borderline, Impulsive Borderline, Petulant Borderline, and Self-Destructive Borderline.

Read on to learn more about these subtypes.

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