Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Borderline Personality Disorder
#2.) What are the following biological and physiological factors that may explain the Cause(s) of this disorder or explain the changes in these factors that are attributes to the disorder?
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) patients have a hard time regulating emotion. This makes them socially sensitive and moody. BPD patients are often unable to control;m emotional stability, impulsive behavior, and interpersonal relationships. “Borderline” describes patients who fell short of complete psychosis. These patients in the 1960’s were deemed hopeless and irritating. Often abruptly terminating therapy sessions, exploding with anger, threating to sue therapists, for feelings of abandonment or betrayal. …show more content…
Linehan of the University of Washington came up with a form of CBT for treating patients with BPD called Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT is a form of therapy used to teach patients with BPD to first acknowledge that they have a problem controlling their emotions. Therapist suggest different types of ways to understanding the overwhelming emotions and changing the reaction or outcome. One form used is teaching patients to focus on the physical environment such as, the colors in the room, the scenery, or even their own breathing to change the focus off their negative inner thoughts. Self- soothing is also another form of DBT. This may include various activities such as going for a walk, listening to music, reading a book, and deep breathing. …show more content…
BPD patients usually have a reputation for attaching themselves to someone to quickly. Often “falling in love” to fast, then shortly enduring a bad break up. BPD patients also need to learn to appreciate another point of view, and to learn to have a friendly manor when dealing with others. (51)
Another Form of DBT used to treat BPD patients is teaching them to change their tendency to over react to their emotions, by doing the exact opposite of that emotion. For example; if they feel depressed and want to stay in bed all day, they should get up and go for a walk, therefore changing the scenery. It is also important with BPD patients to get enough sleep regularly and maintain a healthy diet. (51)
BPD suffers are most likely to injure themselves and or commit suicide. Most therapist dealing with BPD patients encourage them to call between sessions to feel validated and supported. “In 2006 Linehan and her colleges showed that DBT halved suicide attempts among 52 BDP patients, compared with non-behavioral therapies tested on another 49 patients.” (51)
DBT is about controlling your negative thoughts and turning them into positive ones. Tricking your mind to see other things than just what’s negative about a situation or
#2.) What are the following biological and physiological factors that may explain the Cause(s) of this disorder or explain the changes in these factors that are attributes to the disorder?
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) patients have a hard time regulating emotion. This makes them socially sensitive and moody. BPD patients are often unable to control;m emotional stability, impulsive behavior, and interpersonal relationships. “Borderline” describes patients who fell short of complete psychosis. These patients in the 1960’s were deemed hopeless and irritating. Often abruptly terminating therapy sessions, exploding with anger, threating to sue therapists, for feelings of abandonment or betrayal. …show more content…
Linehan of the University of Washington came up with a form of CBT for treating patients with BPD called Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT is a form of therapy used to teach patients with BPD to first acknowledge that they have a problem controlling their emotions. Therapist suggest different types of ways to understanding the overwhelming emotions and changing the reaction or outcome. One form used is teaching patients to focus on the physical environment such as, the colors in the room, the scenery, or even their own breathing to change the focus off their negative inner thoughts. Self- soothing is also another form of DBT. This may include various activities such as going for a walk, listening to music, reading a book, and deep breathing. …show more content…
BPD patients usually have a reputation for attaching themselves to someone to quickly. Often “falling in love” to fast, then shortly enduring a bad break up. BPD patients also need to learn to appreciate another point of view, and to learn to have a friendly manor when dealing with others. (51)
Another Form of DBT used to treat BPD patients is teaching them to change their tendency to over react to their emotions, by doing the exact opposite of that emotion. For example; if they feel depressed and want to stay in bed all day, they should get up and go for a walk, therefore changing the scenery. It is also important with BPD patients to get enough sleep regularly and maintain a healthy diet. (51)
BPD suffers are most likely to injure themselves and or commit suicide. Most therapist dealing with BPD patients encourage them to call between sessions to feel validated and supported. “In 2006 Linehan and her colleges showed that DBT halved suicide attempts among 52 BDP patients, compared with non-behavioral therapies tested on another 49 patients.” (51)
DBT is about controlling your negative thoughts and turning them into positive ones. Tricking your mind to see other things than just what’s negative about a situation or