BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IN DAHMER-MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY SERIES

Abstract

The study examines Dahmer's borderline personality disorder, alcohol use disorder, and the causes as they are portrayed in Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story series. The study uses a theory from The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). In analyzing the data, the writer used qualitative descriptive methods. The writer found there are 6 BPD and 6 AUD symptoms. For the causes, Dahmer’s BPD and AUD are affected by his environment. In the comorbidity of BPD and AUD, Dahmer's emotional instability caused him to have impulsivity which was a predictor of AUD in his BPD. From this, it can be concluded that Dahmer suffered from BPD and AUD because of his parents' neglectful behavior and treatment of him from when he was a child until he was grown up. This emotional neglect given by his parents then led him to commit crimes by killing people as a result.