SYMPTOMS
TREATMENT
CAUSES
STATISTICS
FUN FACTS
100

How many out of the nine BPD symptoms you would need to be diagnosed

What is: five?

100

Type of therapy that focuses on schemas that are characteristic in the lives of individuals with BPD (abandoned/abused child, the angry/impulsive child, the detached protector, and the punitive parent)

What is: Schema Therapy?

100

Low socioeconomic status, family adversity, parental substance use, and neglect are examples of this type of BPD factor

What is: social factor? / What is socioeconomic factor?

100

BPD is more common in:

a: Men
b: Women

What is: b - Women?

100

MYTH or FACT: People with BPD are manipulative and not good people

MYTH!

200

When someone is unable to form a realistic view of another person - they see them as entirely good or entirely bad

What is: splitting?

200

The "gold standard" treatment for BPD

What is: DBT? / What is Dialectical Behavioural Therapy?

200

Many people with BPD have neurotransmitter issues, particularly this neurotransmitter:

What is: serotonin?

200

Percentage of Canadians affected by BPD

a: 2.4%
b: 2.7%
c: 5.4%
d: 9%

What is: c - 5.4%

200

The term borderline was originally used to describe a type of personality between ______ and ______

What are: psychosis and neurosis?

300

Reckless driving, fighting, gambling, substance use, binge eating and/or unsafe sexual activity are examples of....

What is: impulsive behaviour?

300

Treatment that combines individual and group therapy to increase someone's mentalizing capacity

What is: MBT? / What is mentalization-based treatment?

300

Abnormalities in these three parts of the brain have been associated with BPD symptoms

What are: the amygdala, hippocampus, and orbitofrontal cortex?

300

In about 10-20% of patients, BPD co-occurs with

a: Bipolar Disorder
b: Anxiety Disorders
c: Substance Use Disorders


What is: a - Bipolar Disorder?

300

BPD is in this cluster of personality disorders

What is: Cluster B?

400

A type of BPD where feelings are internalized, and the individual appears to have higher functioning ability

What is: Quiet BPD?

400

People with BPD often find that this is a simple, effective crisis treatment

What is: talking to somebody who understands their condition?

400

Up to 70% of people with BPD have experienced this

What is: childhood abuse? / What is childhood trauma?

400

The estimated heritability of BPD

a: 20%

b: 40%

c: 60%

d: 80%

What is: b - 40%?

400
3 things you can do to help someone with BPD
What are: setting healthy boundaries, supporting their treatment, improving communication and listening, and learning as much as you can about their disorder and symptoms
500

A person who has a great influence on someone with BPD - their only source of happiness and validation, impacting their sense of self, mood, and confidence

What is: a favourite person?

500

The medication currently approved to treat BPD

What is: no medication?

500

A name for the defense mechanisms that people with BPD may have developed to alleviate internal conflicts

What is: "Character armor"?
500

BPD is present in up to this percentage of people in prison

What is: 30%

500

                                                                      MYTH or FACT: BPD can only be diagnosed in adulthood (no diagnosis until the individual is 18 years old)

MYTH: according to the DSM-5, a diagnosis can be made during adolescence. In fact, over 60% of BPD patients experienced symptoms before the age of 17

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