Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often characterized by fear of abandonment, issues regulating emotions and thoughts, and impulsive behaviors. While it is a unstable and sometimes violent disorder to live with, there is a variety of treatments and therapies available to patients.
BPD is part of a group of personality disorders commonly referred to as ‘cluster B’. This group is composed of dramatic, emotional and erratic disorders. Within cluster B are the most common of the DSM-IV personality disorders. Usually, BPD develops during adolescence or before early adulthood. There is a hesitation to diagnose those under 18 with the disorder, but it has been found in teenagers aged 15-18. There is a range of symptoms associated with Borderline Personality Disorder, the most prominent being unstable …show more content…
For example, research studies have shown that a course of CBT is just as likely to be effective as medication in treating depression and certain anxiety disorders. There may be long-term benefits of CBT, as the techniques to combat these problems can be used for the rest of your life to help to keep symptoms away.’ This can aid in helping Borderlines both cope with and acknowledge their emotions in a healthy way. By managing to keep their symptoms away, they are able to be more open to knowing how they actually feel as oppose to how their disorder makes them feel.
Mentalization based therapy is described as a “psychodynamic approach with roots in attachment theory and cognitive psychology.” With mentalization focuses around the mental state and actions (beliefs, intentions, feelings and thoughts) in both oneself and others, this can lead to a Borderline believing they of ‘know’ others feelings or intentions. An example of this would be a patient believing they ‘know’ that their therapist is angry with them when it is not the
BPD is part of a group of personality disorders commonly referred to as ‘cluster B’. This group is composed of dramatic, emotional and erratic disorders. Within cluster B are the most common of the DSM-IV personality disorders. Usually, BPD develops during adolescence or before early adulthood. There is a hesitation to diagnose those under 18 with the disorder, but it has been found in teenagers aged 15-18. There is a range of symptoms associated with Borderline Personality Disorder, the most prominent being unstable …show more content…
For example, research studies have shown that a course of CBT is just as likely to be effective as medication in treating depression and certain anxiety disorders. There may be long-term benefits of CBT, as the techniques to combat these problems can be used for the rest of your life to help to keep symptoms away.’ This can aid in helping Borderlines both cope with and acknowledge their emotions in a healthy way. By managing to keep their symptoms away, they are able to be more open to knowing how they actually feel as oppose to how their disorder makes them feel.
Mentalization based therapy is described as a “psychodynamic approach with roots in attachment theory and cognitive psychology.” With mentalization focuses around the mental state and actions (beliefs, intentions, feelings and thoughts) in both oneself and others, this can lead to a Borderline believing they of ‘know’ others feelings or intentions. An example of this would be a patient believing they ‘know’ that their therapist is angry with them when it is not the