2007-07-21 16:24:26 · 10 answers · asked by Amber 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
No, there are very few disorders that are mutually exclusive. Schizophrenia is a Axis I Disorder, meaning that it is a psychiatric disorder that is biologically based. BPD is a Axis II Disorder meaning that is a disorder of one's personality. A person can have a have both an Axis I and an Axis II disorder.
2007-07-21 16:53:09 · answer #1 · answered by ஜSnazzlefrazzஜ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, they aren't, technically. In DSM-IV, the manual for diagnosing psychiatric conditions, there are some things that can't go together. But schizophrenia and BPD aren't among those combinations.
That said, the two disorders do share a number of symptoms. If two different clinicians made the diagnosis, they may be trying to diagnose the same symptoms but ending up in two different places. Psychiatric diagnosis can be pretty vague.
If you know someone who has been diagnosed with both, and they are concerned, they should ask their mental health provider about it. Treatments for the two disorders do differ somewhat.
2007-07-21 16:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are not mutually exclusive, however, the combination of schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder in the same individual is very rare. Actually, in 35 years of clinical practice I have never seen this diagnostic combination.
2007-07-21 17:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by Bob B. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am an example of an individual who has both an Axis-I (bilogically based disorder) and Axis-II (personality based) disorder.
I have Bipolar I and I cycle in mixed states and I also have Borderline Personality Disorder.
I am also a fully fuctioning adult with a job and an apartment and friends and my sister is my accountant...as money and I get along too well. I have an insanely difficult time managing my emotions, though unlike most Borderlines I internalize instead of externalize.
Anyway I simply wanted to give an example of an individual with an Axis I & Axis II disorder.
2007-07-21 17:18:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are different disorders (schizophrenia being a psychotic disorder-- the person has lost accurate perception of reality, may have delusions, hallucinations, etc.; BPD is a personality disorder... they can still function but have problems with close relationships). However, comorbidity (that is, having more than one mental disorder at a time) is certainly common. It's actually rather rare that a person is diagnosed with just one thing.
2007-07-21 16:35:25 · answer #5 · answered by Laura 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schizophrenia usually involves hallucinations and a departure from reality - at least periodically; borderline is a personality disorder.
2007-07-21 17:13:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The short answer to this question is no, they are not. The longer answer would be basically, if you have someone presenting with both concerns, good luck parsing out a diagnosis for each. In order to be able to diagnose both you need to be able to prove, by observation, history, and whatever assessments you have, that each disorder exists on it's own accord apart from the other. That does not mean there is not interplay, but rather that you can point out distinct aspects of both disorders.
2007-07-21 16:31:10 · answer #7 · answered by Chris M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are two different disorders.
Some of the symptoms might overlap.
Some people might have both diagnoses at the same time.
2007-07-21 16:34:10 · answer #8 · answered by majnun99 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hello Lost........all mental illnesses symptoms overlap whether is schizophrenia, borderline personality, social phobia, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, etc
2007-07-21 16:29:02 · answer #9 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, two separte mental health diagnoses with different criteria.
2007-07-21 16:30:32 · answer #10 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋