Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized as people who are instable‚ have poor impulse control‚ instability in mood‚ interpersonal relationships and self-image. People with BPD tend to have strong emotions‚ intense rage and mood swings. For some of these symptoms‚ the character of Elsa from the famous Disney movie Frozen came to mind. The character‚ though understandable‚ shows many symptoms of BPD. From an early age‚ Elsa sees herself as different‚ even though she is‚ and her families
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control? Individuals who suffer from a mental illness called Borderline Personality Disorder often suffer physically‚ mentally and emotionally. According to the American Psychiatric Association Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe form of psychopathology characterized by instability of affect‚ impulsivity‚ self-harm‚ chaotic interpersonal relationships‚ and identity disturbance (Tomko‚ Rachel). Borderline Personality Disorder is a very interesting mental illness.
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Girl‚ Interrupted (1999) directed by James Mangold is largely based on a semi- autobiographical book by the same title. The movie chronicles eighteen year old Susanna Kaysen’s experiences surrounding her stay at a mental institution. It is 1967‚ a time of social change and unrest. Susanna makes a half-heart attempt at suicide‚ ingesting a bottle of aspirin and chasing the pills with a bottle of vodka. She is taken to the emergency room‚ her stomach is pumped and she survives. Afterwards she meets
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When it was first described‚ the disorder did not have its own category‚ and the term “borderline”‚ initially designated patients‚ who were at the border of two diseases: not sufficiently sick to be considered psychotic‚ yet too disturbed to follow a psychoanalytic treatment for neuroses (Bateman). It was Adolph Stern‚ an American psychoanalyst‚ who coined the term “the border line group” in 1938‚ first described most of the symptoms and suggested possible causes for its development (Gunderson)
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Movie Analysis: Girl‚ Interrupted. Brittany Clontz Nursing 114 Girl interrupted is a gripping tale of a girl’s maladaptation to the challenges of life. The movie focuses on a young girl named Suzanna Kaysen growing up in the 1960s and struggling with the world around her. Suzanna is admitted to Clarmoore institution after she consumes a whole bottle of aspirin and alcohol to deal with her pain. When admitted to Clarmoore she claims she was not trying to commit suicide‚ but that she just had a headache
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a whole is viewed in a negative light by those who don’t understand what makes those affected do what they do. Especially when it comes to personality disorders like Borderline Personality Disorder that often causes hostility and distance between those who are supposed to help the 18 million people affected by the disorder. (Kreisman‚ 5) The term “borderline” was coined in 1936‚ yet the official diagnosis wasn’t made until the 1980’s‚ and even now the symptoms often confuse and deter both psychologists
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The purpose of the case analysis is to address the concerns of borderline personality disorder and appropriate treatments to reduce the symptoms. The theoretical orientation and peer-review articles will support the effectiveness of the chosen treatment intervention. Additional treatments will be described to eliminate the behaviors within the disorder. According to Gorenstein and Comer (2015)‚ the borderline personality disorder describe individuals in unstable moods‚ behaviors‚ and emotional relationships
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DBT Population and Problems The population that Dialectical Behavior Therapy works with is usually women with borderline personality disorder. One study took seventy-three women who met the criteria for borderline personality disorder with the DBT treatment as the intervention and the control condition was normal psychiatric treatment (Carter‚ Wilcox‚ Lewin‚ Conrad‚ & Bendit‚ 2010). The women were measured after six months of treatment (Carter‚ et al.‚ 2010). This study was put into works to show
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Borderline personality disorder became a recognized disorder in the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR in 1980. Before being given the name BPD‚ it was thought of as a tamer version of schizophrenia‚ often times being placed into groups of “As-If’s”‚ “Borderline Group” or hysteria. Borderline personality disorder is when an individual experiences extreme mood swings‚ an overwhelming fear of abandonment‚ dichotomous thinking‚ erratic interpersonal relationships‚ paranoia
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or better known as Disco Di‚ has had a history of episodes which led to concerns on the nature of her mental stability. She has been hospitalized on numerous occasions‚ and had been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder as well as Borderline Personality Disorder. Both disorders are ultimately life changing and ensue learned helplessness‚ a theory introduced by Martin Seligman (1975).
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