Transient psychotic and dissociative experiences can occur in ________ personality disorder.

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Borderline personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affect, as well as impulsivity. Transient psychotic and dissociative experiences such as brief psychotic episodes or depersonalization/derealization episodes can occur in BPD. While dissociative experiences may also occur in other disorders, such as PTSD, the presence of instability in relationships and affect, as well as impulsivity, points towards BPD as the most likely disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is associated with more externalizing behaviors such as aggression and impulsivity rather than dissociative experiences. Narcissistic personality disorder is associated with grandiosity and a lack of empathy but not typically dissociative or psychotic symptoms. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is characterized by a preoccupation with orderliness and perfection, and while it may be associated with anxiety, it is not typically associated with dissociative or psychotic experiences.

Transient Psychotic and Dissociative Experiences Can Occur in ________ Personality