Borderline intellectual functioning

not realize the lifelong damage the smallest action could have on a child. Borderline personality disorder is a topic that has been researched for a number of years now and the more research they have done the more it has progressed from just finding out what exactly this disorder is, but starting to look into what could potentially be considered a cause. Much of the research has found links between child abuse and borderline personality disorder in early adulthood all the way into late…

Borderline Personality Disorder For centuries people have been researching to find out just exactly why people do what they do. Over this time disorders and conditions has been discovered to explain and ultimately answer this question. Physical and mental symptoms have recorded in order to find out if a person has a disorder. Lots of people every day find out what seems to separate them from what society would consider normal. Today, all mental disorders are placed in their own classes.…

Frederick West’s behavior is clearly defined by the symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder paired with several types of sexual paraphilia’s. Fred West did not show any remorse for his victims, even when it came to his own children. He abducted young girls, rape and tortured them, then eventually killed them and dismembered their bodies. Fred West used his wife Rosemary to his advantage to make young girls more likely to get into his car during his abductions. Fred often switched jobs,…

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, was developed in 1993 by Marsha M. Linehan as a treatment for clients meeting the criteria for borderline personality disorder who are chronically suicidal (Linehan and Chen, 2004). Linehan developed this therapy out of the sentiment that there was an influx in borderline personality disorder diagnoses, and no successful treatment options specific to this diagnosis (Linehan, 1993). Linehan was influenced by behavior therapy and by Eastern mindfulness. The…

It is also hard for these people to maintain healthy relationship. Joan Crawford showed many signs of borderline personality disorder throughout Mommie Dearest. One example can be seen in throughout her many marriages. Joan Crawford was married four times, all of them resulting in divorce, minus her last marriage to Alfred Steele, where she was widowed. Joan…

illnesses is trauma. Trauma plays a significant role in the development of borderline personality disorder. McLean and Gallop (2003) express that the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder was quite higher in patients that suffered from trauma in their childhood, than the patients that experienced trauma in their adult life. This portrays that trauma can cause a harmful effect on an individual’s mental health. Borderline personality disorder is an illness that causes individuals to behave…

Have you ever heard the phrase " they are a product of their environment"? It 's likely that most of you have and it 's likely that you may know someone who is a product of their environment. It could be a family member, a friend, or even just an acquaintance. Typically, when you refer to someone as being a product of their environment it is because that person acts negatively. But what is it like when you are that person? What happens when you are the one that people judge and talk negatively…

Abstract The purpose of this assignment was to analyze the film The Black Swan and the main character, Nina. As a group, we used the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V to find a proper diagnosis. We chose Borderline Personality Disorder as the diagnosis. In the film, we see how Nina transforms from an innocent and calm White Swan to a seductive and wild Black Swan as the film progressed. As a group we will examine the disorder as well as the symptoms presented to find…

It is most fair to say Chip suffers from borderline personality disorder (BPD) since he meets the requirements such as: difficulty with self-image, highly manipulative, and immature. Nicholas Kuvaas elaborates on the characteristics of BPD by saying these characteristics have been around and persistent for years and people with BPD will have a love-hate relationship with people around them. This is such the case with Chip. Chip is in his middle adulthood, yet he acts as if he’s still a child.…

If you see a clone of yourself, would you recognize it? Most likely not, because our idea of what we look like is so different from what we actually look like. The only way we have seen our appearance is through the mirror and from what others say about us. We believe that we should look like the people who meet the beauty expectations of society. Our society and our own interpretation is not a very realistic mindset as to what we should look like. The assumptions of what our appearance should…