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Is it possible to have bpd and depressive disorder?

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Dr. Barbara Lavi answered

Specializes in Clinical Psychology

No : They are 2 different disorders even though bpd has depressive states, it is different from depression. Bpd is one of the psychiatric disorders that has the most strong evidence of physiological causation. Medications for bpd and depression are different as well.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

BPD: are you using BPD for Borderline Personality Disorder or Bipolar Disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder & a depressive disorder can coexist. There are bipolar depressive episodes and unipolar depressive episodes.

Answered 2/20/2016

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