Borderline intellectual functioning

“A pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior” (APA, 2013, p. 675) characterizes Dependent Personality Disorder. This description aptly defines the personality of Buster Bluth from the television show Arrested Development. Buster has difficulty making everyday decisions, has issues with expressing disagreement, seeks out another close relationship once one goes awry, goes to excessive lengths to obtain nurture, has anxiety when faced with…

Time Spent on Social Media Predicts BPD Treatment Effectiveness Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex psychological disorder that is difficult to treat for a multitude of reasons: the debate on whether BPD is a result of nature or nurture, the tendency for BPD to be misdiagnosed as an axis I disorder (such as PTSD) due to overlapping symptoms, the problem of BPD symptoms not being clear or identifiable in individuals until adulthood, and the lack of research on the general topic…

Antisocial Personality Disorder is a disorder that is usually hard to diagnose. We don’t notice certain behaviors as being “off” until, often, it’s too late. There is a way in which an individual can be diagnosed with ASPD, according to the American Psychiatric Association, the criteria for antisocial personality disorder is displaying a disregard for the rights of others and violation of those rights in failure to conform to social normality, deceitfulness, and repeated lies, enjoys conning…

Cause Effect Article- What are the effects of Borderline Personality Disorder? Causes of Borderline Personality Disorder Is it genetically passed down? Is it developed through childhood? Do certain events cause this disorder? Is the people who suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder brain built differently 2. Effects of mental illness Physically Mentally Financially relationship-wise Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness that affects moods,…

Girl interrupted is a movie that takes place in the late 1960’s about a young girl named Susanna that feels depressed and directionless after ending her high school career. She enters herself into a residential psychiatric facility after attempting to commit suicide. She almost cut her life short by ingesting a bottle of Advil and chasing it down with alcohol. The incident and a short meeting with a close family friend leads to the strong suggestion that Susanna should admit herself into…

Antisocial Personality Disorder, what do you think about when you see this group of words? Most people, like myself, think of someone who’s lonely or sad, and while this is slightly true there is still so much more to this disorder. There is so much to learn about general personality disorders and antisocial personality disorders such as the warning signs, the causes, the treatments and whom this illness mostly affects. An antisocial personality disorder is only one type of personality…

Britney Spears also known as “The American Queen” is a star who suffers from a medical condition called, borderline personality disorder. BDP is a disorder that causes one to have impulsive actions and extreme behaviors. Such as, extreme anger, depression, or different personalities. Some of the signs that occur when having BDP are substance abuse and self harm. One who had BDP may have an impulsive personality and extreme emotional outbursts. Britney Spears started as a young girl acting…

The Studies of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Borderline Personality Disorder, often acronymed as “BPD”, is a personality disorder that ordinarily affects your moods, relationships, self-image, and behavior. It is not very well known, however it is a very common disorder. When scientists first started researching this disorder, the name was derived from the early thought that BPD was the “borderline” between psychosis and neurosis. The name Borderline Personality Disorder was meant to…

temper have cause stormy relationships with others and has affected her in her job as an public relations consultant. Symptoms and Diagnosis One of the patient’s symptoms is that she is very moody and often has episodes of depression. People with Borderline personality disorder have “recurring suicidal behaviors or threats or self-harming behavior, such as cutting” (nimh.nih.gov), which she is showing. Her outburst from her…

Two very different modalities of treatment developed for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP). Marsha Linehan, Ph.D, developed DBT in 1993, as a skill based behavioral treatment for patients with BPD who generally experience intense emotions that they relieve using self-injurious behaviors. DBT has shown to be useful in treating a variety of issues including eating and mood disorders, as well as, reducing…