Quiz 9 - Borderline Personality Disorder Flashcards
Which Disorder Are You Studying?
Borderline Personality Disorder
What is Diagnostic Criteria A for Borderline Personality Disorder?
A pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by 5 or more of the following:
How many symptoms are there in Diagnostic Criteria A for Borderline Personality Disorder?
9
What is Diagnostic Criteria A1 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment
What is Diagnostic Criteria A2 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.
What is Diagnostic Criteria A3 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.
What is Diagnostic Criteria A4 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
Impulsivity in at least 2 areas that are potentially self-damaging
What is Diagnostic Criteria A5 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior.
What is Diagnostic Criteria A6 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood
What is Diagnostic Criteria A7 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
Chronic feelings of emptiness
What is Diagnostic Criteria A8 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger
What is Diagnostic Criteria A9 for Borderline Personality Disorder?
Transient, stress related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms.
