What "Border" Did the Term "Borderline" in Borderline Personality Refer

question 51

Multiple Choice

What "border" did the term "borderline" in borderline personality refer to?

• A) The border between Axis I and Axis II disorders
• B) People with borderline personality disorder were thought to be on the brink of psychosis, on the border between sanity and insanity.
• C) Because people with borderline personality disorder behave normally much of the time, they were thought to only be on the edge of mental illness.
• D) The behaviors exhibited by people with borderline personality disorder lie on continuum between neurotic and psychotic disorders.

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