BPD Flashcards
between the psychoses and neuroses
border line
stern
inorderinately hypersensitive, problems
with reality testing, and experienced
negative reactions in therapy
what continued for several decades
pseudo-neurotic schizophrenia
what was pseudo- neurotic schizophrenia usually referred to
patients who were extremely challenging to treat
1970-1980 (DSM3) specific criteria finally developed
intense affect
impulsivity
relationship problems
brief psychotic experiences
what was wrong with the name
provides no descriptive information about the disorder
strongly linked to psychoanalytical tradition
WHOS internation classification of diseases uses the term
emotionally unstable disorder
which definition was closer to describing core features of the disorder
WHOS
bpd dsm 5 definition
A pervasive pattern of instability of
interpersonal relationships, self-image,
and affects, and marked impulsivity,
beginning by early adulthood and
present in a variety of contexts, as
indicated by FIVE OR MORE of the
following:
what are the five or more of the following things
- Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined
abandonment - A pattern of unstable and intense
interpersonal relationships - Identity disturbance
- Impulsivity in at least two areas that are
potentially self-damaging - Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or
threats, or self-mutilating behavior - Affective instability due to a
marked reactivity of mood - Chronic feelings of emptiness
- Inappropriate, intense anger,
or difficulty controlling anger - Transient, stress-related
paranoid ideation or severe
dissociative symptoms