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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Borderline personality disorder (BPD)"”.
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The under-recognition of trauma in the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
BPD is a complex condition presenting with a wide array of features, making it difficult to diagnose and treat. Controversially, there is also concern about BPD misdiagnosis due to under-recognition of trauma and PTSD/CPTSD (Complex PTSD) because of common aetiology. PTSD/CPTSD has a better track …
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A compassionate and relational understanding of adults with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder
Adults with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) often experience stigma due to the reductionist narrative that accompanies its conceptualisation. The aim of this research was to challenge the reductionist narrative by exploring a relational understanding of BPD and integrating the …
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Parasympathethic Nervous Activity and Social Exclusion in Borderline Personality Disorder
… However, for individuals that suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), the experience of social exclusion, or ostracism can be unbearable (Bortolla, et al., 2019).<strong> </strong>While there is a significant amount of research on physiological reactivity in BPD, no studies …
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Necessary and Sufficient: Examining the Role of Attachment Trauma and Psychological Maltreatment as Primary Etiological Factors in the Development of Borderline Personality Disorder
… widely-accepted conceptualizations regarding borderline personality disorder (BPD) profess that trauma is not required in the etiology of BPD and place a significant focus on biological predispositions. This review sought to evaluate the current paradigms regarding BPD and examine whether …
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The Addition of a Dissociation Module to Dialectical Behavior Therapy
… Linehan, 1993a), a manualized treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was developed before the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - 4th Ed. (DSM-IV, APA, 1994) added dissociative symptoms to the diagnostic criterion for BPD. Hence, the manual (1993b) did not properly address the …
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Emotional awareness moderates the relationship between childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder symptom dimensions
Objective: To examine pathways to borderline personality disorder (BPD), focusing on childhood abuse and emotional attention and clarity. Method: Among 293 community residents (mean age = 43.1; 53.9% female), measured associations between the BPD symptom dimensions of disturbed relatedness, …
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Investigating the Relationship Between Defense Mechanisms and the Therapeutic Alliance in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
… in dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder (BPD), using secondary data from the FASTER study. In a subsample of 60 participants, observers coded session 6 using the Defense Mechanism Rating Scale (DMRS) and Rupture Resolution Rating System (3RS). …
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Empirically Supported Treatment Interventions for Persons with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder
… controversies that surround the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) present a unique ethical mandate to the practitioner. The relationship between trauma and the BPD diagnosis strengthens the need for carefully designed treatment interventions in order to secure the benefits of …
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Empirically Supported Treatment Interventions for Persons with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder
… controversies that surround the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) present a unique ethical mandate to the practitioner. The relationship between trauma and the BPD diagnosis strengthens the need for carefully designed treatment interventions in order to secure the benefits of …
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Examining Cognitive Vulnerability Models to Borderline Personality Features in a Sample of Emerging Adults
<p>Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a chronic condition that warrants further empirical investigation. Considering the potentially lethal consequences and therapeutic challenges associated with features of BPD, it is important for researchers to explore pathways that will advance theory, …
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Counselor Views of the Role of Trauma in Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a highly stigmatized disorder, including among clinicians. Though research indicates a connection between childhood trauma and BPD, there remains considerable debate about the role trauma plays in the diagnosis and whether the diagnosis is properly …
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Analysis of affective instability on ecological momentary assessments data: successive difference, variance decomposition, and mean comparison via multilevel modeling
… a defining characteristic of some psychological disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder and mood cycling disorders. Use of Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) enables researchers to directly assess such frequent and extreme fluctuations over time. Two specific operationalizations of …
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Measurement Invariance Between Genders on Two Measures of Borderline Personality Disorder
<p>Gender bias in the diagnosis and assessment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has been the subject of much controversy in the psychological research literature. Evidence regarding differential prevalence rates and diagnostic rates in clinical settings between genders has been mixed, and …
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THE ROLE OF REJECTION SENSITIVITY IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; A PILOT INVESTIGATION
… PTSD symptom severity, depression symptoms, and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) feature endorsement. RS was positively related to PTSD symptom severity at the trend level. Participants were then divided into a group of trauma-exposed individuals and control individuals. Independent samples …
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The Moderating Effects of Personality Traits on Stressor--Symptom Contingencies in Borderline Personality Disorder
… of this study was to reveal the way in which personality traits moderate contingent relationships among proximal situational stressors and symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The main question of interest was whether personality traits explain why people with BPD experience …
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Exploring Subgroups of Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms through Symptom Experience
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a detrimental and complex disorder under much scrutiny in personality disorder literature. Heterogeneity within diagnosis, or unique combinations of symptoms diagnosed as BPD, is excessive within this disorder. Researchers have attempted to identify …
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Elaborating Borderline and Psychopathic Personality with the Computerized Adaptive Test of Personality Disorder in a Female Correctional Sample
<p>Most of what we know about Psychopathic Personality Disorder (PPD) is based upon research with males. Considerably less research has examined female manifestations of the construct, however, some research suggests that Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) may represent a female phenotypic …
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Ecopsychology, Mindfulness, and Art Therapy Interventions to Reduce Emotional Dysregulation in the Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) Population
… for the NSSI population and will exclude the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) population as measured by the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD). This grant hope to provide additional information for the treatment of this high risk coping mechanism. …
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Therapists experiences of working with clients diagnosed with 'Borderline Personality Disorder': An interpretative phenomenological analysis
… work with clients diagnosed with 'Borderline Personality Disorder' (BPD) in an NHS Community Mental Health Service. Previous quantitative research indicates that working with this client group is challenging and can lead clinicians to harbour negative feelings towards their clients. …
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