Clearing The Confusion BPD and ADHD

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In this this video we examine the overlap between BPD and ADHD. This is a complicated combination that poses many challenges to not only the individuals who have these diagnoses but to the mental health practitioners who treat them.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopment disorder characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. BPD is characterized by erratic and dramatic responses to internal and external stimuli.
ADHD occurs in in about 5% of children and about 2.5% of adults and is frequently comorbid with mood, behavioral, substance, and personality disorders.
Research has found that:
60% of those Dx with BPD as adults were Dx with ADHD in childhood.
18 to 27% of adults with ADHD have comorbid BPD.
Individuals with ADHD and BPD have more problems in school or work, greater substance use, and more negative interactions with police.
There is a lot of confusion about the intersection and co-occurrence of BPD and ADHD. In adolescents and adults, it is difficult to distinguish ADHD because both disorders tend to share the surface structure features of disorganization, impulsivity, social intrusiveness, emotional dysregulation, and even cognitive dysregulation.
Distinguishing characteristics between BPD from ADHD are those issues often seen in those with BPD includes: fear of abandonment, emptiness, worthlessness, or other core content features of BPD.
Impulsivity is where the greatest overlap exists, it is consistently identified in both through the research. It is the root of all this confusion, although it is the same in name, it is different in surface and core content.
Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 15 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. His specialty areas include personality disorders, ethics, burnout prevention, and emotional intelligence.
He has published several articles in these areas and is the author of:
The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your BPD. Available at: https://goo.gl/LQEgy1
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner): https://goo.gl/BLRkFy
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox: 55 Practical Treatment Techniques for Clients, Their Parents & Their Children: https://goo.gl/sZYhym
The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders: https://goo.gl/ZAVe9v
Dr. Fox has given numerous workshops and seminars on ethics and personality disorders, personality disorders and crime, treatment solutions for treating clients along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum, emotional intelligence, managing mental health within the prison system, and others. Dr. Fox maintains a website of various treatment interventions focused on working with and attenuating the symptomatology related to individuals along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum (www.drdfox.com).
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We know that BPD and adult ADHD have distinct and specific underlying patterns of personality traits and personality pathology. Knowing this can help you identify the aspects of your personality that lead to maladaptive and adaptive tendencies and this is where knowledge feeds empowerment for you to gain control.
Citations:
Koerting, J., Pukrop, R., Klein, P., Ritter, K., Knowles, M., Banzhaf, A., ... & Roepke, S. (2016). Comparing dimensional models assessing personality traits and personality pathology among adult ADHD and borderline personality disorder. Journal of attention disorders, 20(8), 715-724.
O’malley, G. K., McHugh, L., Mac Giollabhui, N., & Bramham, J. (2016). Characterizing adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder and comorbid borderline personality disorder: ADHD symptoms, psychopathology, cognitive functioning and psychosocial factors. European Psychiatry, 31, 29-36.