SYMPTOMS
How many out of the nine BPD symptoms you would need to be diagnosed
What is: five?
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?
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?
BPD is more common in:
a: Men
b: Women
What is: b - Women?
MYTH or FACT: People with BPD are manipulative and not good people
MYTH!
When someone is unable to form a realistic view of another person - they see them as entirely good or entirely bad
What is: splitting?
The "gold standard" treatment for BPD
What is: DBT? / What is Dialectical Behavioural Therapy?
Many people with BPD have neurotransmitter issues, particularly this neurotransmitter:
What is: serotonin?
Percentage of Canadians affected by BPD
a: 2.4%
b: 2.7%
c: 5.4%
d: 9%
What is: c - 5.4%
The term borderline was originally used to describe a type of personality between ______ and ______
What are: psychosis and neurosis?
Reckless driving, fighting, gambling, substance use, binge eating and/or unsafe sexual activity are examples of....
What is: impulsive behaviour?
Treatment that combines individual and group therapy to increase someone's mentalizing capacity
What is: MBT? / What is mentalization-based treatment?
Abnormalities in these three parts of the brain have been associated with BPD symptoms
What are: the amygdala, hippocampus, and orbitofrontal cortex?
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?
BPD is in this cluster of personality disorders
What is: Cluster B?
A type of BPD where feelings are internalized, and the individual appears to have higher functioning ability
What is: Quiet BPD?
People with BPD often find that this is a simple, effective crisis treatment
What is: talking to somebody who understands their condition?
Up to 70% of people with BPD have experienced this
What is: childhood abuse? / What is childhood trauma?
The estimated heritability of BPD
a: 20%
b: 40%
c: 60%
d: 80%
What is: b - 40%?
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?
The medication currently approved to treat BPD
What is: no medication?
A name for the defense mechanisms that people with BPD may have developed to alleviate internal conflicts
BPD is present in up to this percentage of people in prison
What is: 30%
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