Diagnostic Criteria
Cluster of personality disorders that BPD falls under
Most common personality disorder
What is BPD?
Characterized by unscrupulous control of a situation or person
What is manipulative?
Therapist belief about borderline personality disorder that can impact treatment
What is the belief that borderline personality disorder is untreatable?
Most researched treatment approach
What is DBT?
Optimal criterion for BPD
What are frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment?
Percentage of individuals with BPD who have a history of early abuse or neglect
What is 60-80%?
Having hostile intent
What is malignant?
Therapist feelings toward client
What is countertransference?
An important common factor between all therapy approaches
What is therapeutic alliance?
Markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self
What is identity disturbance?
Percentage of those diagnosed with BPD who are female
What is 75%?
Having no response to the usual first- and even second- and third-line treatments
What is treatment resistant?
Client issue that impacts therapeutic alliance
What is idealization and devaluation of the therapist OR what is difficulty trusting the therapist?
Types of groups that are best suited for clients with borderline personality disorder
What are heterogenous groups?
Characterizing things as all good or all bad
What is splitting?
Prevalence of BPD in the general population
What is 1.6-5.9%?
Making others work hard or meet high standards
What is demanding?
Something that might come up for client with termination of therapy
What are abandonment fears?
What is Seroquel?
Attachment style of those with BPD
What is disorganized attachment style?
Percentage of completed suicide attempts among individuals with BPD
What is 8-10%?
Acting in a way that is likely to elicit attention, usually to elicit validation from others
What is attention-seeking behavior?
Something that makes it hard for the client to believe they can change their life
What is lacking internal locus of control?
Theories mentalization approach is based on
What are object relations theory and attachment theory?