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an enduring pattern of inner experience & behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture
personality disorder
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A personality d/o must be manifested in at least 2 of the following areas:
cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning, impulse control
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A common thread running through all the characteristics associated w/ borderline is ____
inconsistency (in interpersonal relationships, emotions, behavior, & self-image)
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Those w/ BPD evidence:
unstable sense of self, impulsivity, self-destructiveness (self-mutilation), fear of abandonment, idealization & devaluation of other ppl, intense & unregulated emotions
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BPD is estimated to be present in about ___ of the general population
2%
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About __% of BPD cases are female
75%
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5 features common in children w/ BPD:
rapid shifts in levels of functioning, chronic presence of anxiety, fluidity b/t reality & fantasy, excessive need for support, lack of control over impulses
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increased awareness of separateness from mother; fear of abandonment
rapproachement
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the 4 subphases of separation-individuation (BPD)
differentiation & development of body image; practicing; rapproachement; consolidation of individuality
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Four key phenomenological characteristics of BPD:
insecure & disorganized attachments; cognitive processing dysfunction; emotional dysregulation; behavioral dysregulation
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Ppl w/ ___ generally aren't recognizable at the superficial level
BPD
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Ppl w/ BPD are ___
alexithymic: unable to read own emotions, or to differentiate & articulate them
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Those w/ BPD self-mutilate more b/c of the ____, not the risk or consequences
effect
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factors contributing to self-mutilation
gain power over one's life; est. an identity; reflief from tension; introjected aggression; self-punitive; self-healing; relief from depersonalization; inability to communicate verbally
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