Bruise (Definition). Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition.
Updated July 26, 2016. People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are often described as having mood lability. Mood liability is an emotional response that is irregular or out of proportion to the situation at hand. It is associated with severe mood swings, intense reactions and dramatic changes in opinions and feelings. Mood lability is often evidenced through destructive or harmful behaviors.
However, in terms of bipolar disorder, such words as pleasant and joyful are not an essential part of the definition. A euthymic mood may be pleasant but it does not have to be. In clinical terms, a euthymic mood is one that rates low on scales of both manic/hypomanic and depressive symptoms.