Briefly describe the hallmarks of borderline personality disorder
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
? People with borderline PD exhibit extreme negative emotionality and are unable to regulate their emotions.
? They are self-destructive and impulsive, suffer chronic feelings of emptiness, and often threaten to commit suicide.
? They may try to avoid real or imagined abandonment by others, even if the "abandonment" is only a friend's brief vacation.
? Abnormalities in the frontal lobe and brain areas involved in emotion could lead to this disorder.
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a. externalization b. reaction-formation c. rationalization d. regression
Carl Rogers developed ____
a. ?psychodynamic therapy b. ?client-centered therapy c. ?behavioral therapy d. ?rational-emotive therapy
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nephrosis || diabetes || cancer || cardiac arrest || || ||
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A. Attention B. Rehearsal C. Elaboration D. Buffering