True about the DSM-5 criteria of borderline personality disorder*1 pointFrantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonmentlmpulsivity in at least one area that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating)Constant, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptomsA pattern of stable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluationAffective instability due to a marked reactivity of affect

Borderline Personality Disorder*13 pointsTrue FalseMood swings are uncommon in patients with borderline personality disorder Patients can be argumentative at one moment, depressed the next, and later complain of having no feelings Patients can have short-lived psychotic episodes (so-called micropsychotic episodes) The behavior of patients with borderline personality disorder is not highly predictable Their achievements are rarely at the level of their abilities The painful nature of their lives is reflected in non-repetitive self-destructive acts They do not complain about chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom They often complain about how depressed they usually feel Functionally, patients with borderline personality disorder distort their relationships by considering each person to be either all good or all bad The good person is idealized and the bad person is still valued Psychotherapy is easy for the patient and therapist alike Psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder is an area of intensive investigation The splitting defense mechanism causes patients to alternately love and hate therapists and others in the environment Mood swings are uncommon in patients with borderline personality disorder

Which of the following is TRUE about borderline personality disorder?Group of answer choicesIt involves a life-long pattern of intense and dysfunctional relationshipsA person with BPD has a very unstable sense of his/her own identityIt may include impulsive behaviors such as self-mutilation or other unsafe behaviorsAll of the above

20. _______________ is characterized by intense, changeable moods, an overwhelming fear of abandonment, an unstable sense of identity, and impulsive, risky behavior.SchizophreniaAntisocial Personality DisorderObsessive Compulsive DisorderBorderline Personality Disorder

When you think about it, a good word to describe Borderline Personality Disorder is __________.Group of answer choicesEccentricLonerInstabilityAvoidant

This Personality Disorder is characterized by “Lack of stable self-image, trouble establishing lasting relationships or maintaining lasting decisions; repeated self-endangering behaviors”. __________ Personality Disorder.Group of answer choicesParanoidAntisocialBorderlineDependent