Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline personality disorder is a disorder where there is a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five or more of the criteria given in the DSM-IV. This is the definition is straight from the DSM-IV. There are nine traits that people with this
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Self-harm Among Adolescents What is self-harm? Self-harm is deliberate damage of the body that is intentionally not life threatening, often repetitive in nature, and usually considered socially unacceptable. In addition, 80% of self-harm involves stabbing or cutting the skin with a sharp object (Greydanus, & Shek, 2009). In order to better understand self-harm, this issue must be clearly defined to avoid inaccurate and misleading terminology since self-harm covers a wide range of behaviors
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I wanted to write to you to tell you how much your book has influenced me, considering that I am an adolescent. I acquired an interest in psychology at a very young age, obsessed and fascinated with different disorders that I could self-diagnose myself with. I began reading all sorts of books under the psychology genre and I eventually came across Girl, Interrupted. That was only two years ago. The first time I read your book I was in a solitary state of mind. I used to think that I would always
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Evaluate the evidence for borderline personality disorder being (a) caused by adverse events in childhood, and (b) treatable? Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is psychiatric disorder characterised by a ubiquitous pattern of instability and impulsivity. Those with BPD struggle to maintain interpersonal relationships due to social inhibition and impulsive aggression. They also tend to find it difficult maintaining a positive self-image, often resulting in a nagging feeling of inadequacy. Of the
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children. It is not simply the society in which each child is born and lives but certain and identifiable parts of the society. Although every aspect of child development involves genetics, environmental factors contribute significantly in the personality development of children. Subcultures of race/ethnicity, economic status, faiths/religion, and locality/region, in addition to particular groups such as friends and family distinctly affect each child. Throughout the lifespan, people constantly confront
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“Children of Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder: Identifying Parenting Behaviors as Potential Targets for Intervention” According to the study, children of mothers suffering with Borderline Personality Disorders (BPD) should be classified as being in a high-risk group. BPD characteristics include: unhealthy and stormy relationships, impulsivity, uncontrollable anger and emotional instability, thought disturbances and continual suicidal ideations. Generally speaking, persons
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Borderline Personality Disorder Name of Student Course name Date of submission Borderline Personality Disorder Literature Review The literature review first presents the evolution of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) over the past 60 years, highlighting the shift from psychodynamic perspectives to that of biological and environmental determinates. Diagnostic classification of BPD is then examined, and subsequently discussed in terms of sectors of psychopathology that serve to demarcate the
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FACTORS OF ADOLESCENT SELF-CONCEPT Factors of Adolescent Self-Concept: Mass Mediated, Peer, and Family Communication David J. Feliciano University of West Florida 1 FACTORS OF ADOLESCENT SELF-CONCEPT 2 Abstract This paper focuses on the main factors that cause an influence to the self-image and self-esteem of an adolescent. Specifically, this paper focuses on what is believed to be the three primary factors of flux to the self-image and self-esteem of an adolescent: mass mediated
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everything, from values, music and norms, from collar-workers to flower-children. Counterculture and hippies were essentially what summed up the rebellion in the 60s. It was a whole new generation of baby-boomers, who came of age as teenagers and adolescents and older generations were against the rejection of traditional values and the new unconventional ways of the baby-boomers, which were strange and scary to them. Susanna Kaysen was also a young adult during the late rise of the 60s’ youth culture
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PYC4802/101/0/2015 Tutorial letter 101/0/2015 Psychopathology PYC4802 Year module Department of Psychology IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Turorial material ....................................................................................................... 4 2.
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