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A person showing unpredictable moods, outbursts of emotion, quarrelsome behaviour and conflicts with others is suffering from
addictive disorders
schizophrenia
borderline personality disorder $(BPD)$
mood disorders.
Solution
(c) : Borderline personality disorder $(BPD)$ is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self image, and behaviour. This instability often disrupts family and work life, longterm planning, and the individual’s sense of selfidentity. Originally thought to be at the “borderline” of psychosis, people with $BPD$ suffer from a disorder of emotion regulation. Schizophrenia is a group of severe mental disorders characterized by disturbances of language and communication; thought disturbances that may involve distortion of reality, misperceptions, delusions and hallucinations; mood changes and withdrawn, regressive, or bizarre behaviour, lasting longer than six months. A mood disorder is a condition where the prevailing emotional mood is distorted or inappropriate to the circumstances. Addiction is a state of dependence produced by the habitual taking of drugs, alcohol etc.