borderline case

Japanese: borderline case(英語表記)borderlinecase
borderline case

…Case that is positioned on the border or between neurosis and schizophrenia, also known as simply “borderline case.” While persistent hypochondria, obsession or fear, depersonalization, and other neurotic symptoms are in the foreground, delusions and experiences of being influenced are mixed in, and in young people, various behavioral abnormalities (violence, drug abuse, self-harm, etc.) are prominent, and treatment is sometimes difficult.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "borderline case" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…神経症(ノイローゼ)と精神分裂病との境界もしくは中間に位置づけられるケースで,単に〈境界例borderline case〉とも略称される。執拗な心気傾向,強迫ないし恐怖,離人など神経症症状を前景としながら,妄想や被影響体験が混じったり,若年者の場合には各種の行動異常(暴力,薬物乱用,自傷行為など)が目だち,治療も時に難渋する。…

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