Describe the key elements of Linehan’s Biosocial Theory of borderline personality disorder (BPD).
What will be an ideal response?
The first key element of Linehan’s Biosocial Theory is that individuals with BPD are often challenging as infants and children and may be more emotionally sensitive and impulsive than other children. Secondly, these children are at especially high risk when they are reared in an invalidating environmental context that rejects and mislabels emotions while, at the same time, intermittently punishing and reinforcing extreme emotional outbursts. Finally, the relationship between child and parent is characterized by “poorness of fit” where the child may be passionate in a stoic family or overly intense in a family that strives to be perfect.
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All of the following are problems in formulating critical incident plans EXCEPT
a. lack of training b. inattention to preventive activities c. lack of time to create a school-wide plan d. lack of role definition
Administration of the Universal Intelligence Test (UNIT) would be most useful for which of the following clients?
a. 3-year old Melissa, who wears glasses b. 15-year-old Jordan, who speaks limited English c. 10-year-old Michael, who is suspected to be gifted d. 40-year-old Nicholas, who has a cognitive impairment
In contrast to many therapies, the rational-emotive behavioral therapy approach does not promote acceptance of the client as an important attribute
Indicate whether the statement is true or false