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128 Deja Review: <strong>Behavioral</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
What are the diagnostic criteria for<br />
antisocial personality disorder?<br />
What is the best treatment of antisocial<br />
personality disorder?<br />
How is borderline personality<br />
disorder defined?<br />
What defense mechanism is prevalent<br />
in patients with borderline personality<br />
disorder?<br />
What are the symptoms/diagnostic<br />
criteria of borderline personality<br />
disorder?<br />
Three or more of the following:<br />
Failure to conform to social norms and<br />
laws<br />
Deceitfulness<br />
Impulsivity<br />
Irritability and aggressiveness<br />
Disregard for the safety of self<br />
or others<br />
Irresponsibility (often unemployment)<br />
Lack of remorse for harm to others<br />
Group therapy with setting of<br />
boundaries for behavior, selective<br />
serotonin reuptake inhibitors<br />
(SSRIs), and treatment of underlying<br />
substance abuse/misuse<br />
if present.<br />
These individuals are very refractory<br />
to treatment.<br />
Borderline personality disorder involves<br />
the primary feature of instability. This is<br />
seen in terms of the patient’s self-image,<br />
interpersonal relationships, and mood.<br />
(Think Angelina Jolie’s character in<br />
Girl Interrupted.)<br />
Splitting—eg, people are either all good<br />
or all bad.<br />
Five or more of the following:<br />
Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined<br />
abandonment<br />
Unstable or intense interpersonal<br />
relationships<br />
Identity disturbance, impulsivity<br />
Recurrent suicidal or self-mutilating<br />
behavior<br />
Marked reactivity of mood<br />
Chronic feelings of emptiness<br />
Inappropriate/intense anger<br />
Lack of control of anger<br />
Transient stress-related paranoid<br />
ideation
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