Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder . The disability itself is often misdiagnosed as another disability since the symptoms overlap with many other disabilities (NIMH, nd, para 16), or in the worst case, a medical professional refuses to diagnose or treat. treating disability because it is believed that these individuals are incurable due to a negative schema about disability and clinical controversies over whether BPD is a legitimate diagnosis (Hoffman, 2007). However, after nearly three decades of research, it has become apparent that BPD does exist, that it has a good prognosis for remission with treatment (BPD Overview, nd, para 3), and that there are many treatment options available, such as three different types of psychotherapy (dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and schema-focused therapy), omega-3 fatty acid supplements and/or medications (NIMH, nd, para 29, 30 , 31 and 39, 41). Although disability began as a psychoanalytic colloquialism for incurable neurotics (Gunderson, 2009), BPD is entirely treatable and does not deserve the stigma it currently carries in society. Symptoms, Comorbidity and Risk Factors For a person to be diagnosed with BPD Personality Disorder, they must experience at least five of the following symptoms: 1) fear of abandonment, 2) a history of intense relationships and unstable with family, friends and loved ones, often going back and forth between idealization (which includes love and extreme closeness) to devaluation (which includes extreme hatred or anger), 3) distortion.. .... middle of paper ...... were fewer in individuals who received DBT than in those in the control group. Additionally, those who received DBT retained individual therapy and had an attrition rate of 16.7 percent compared to the control group, which had an attrition rate of 50 percent. CBT differs from CBT because it seeks a balance between change and acceptance of behaviors and beliefs (NIMH, nd, para 23). In addition to CBT and CBT, schema-focused therapy is a type of therapy that combines elements of CBT with other forms of psychotherapy. which focuses on reevaluating an individual's schemas about themselves. This therapy is based on the theory that BPD arises from a dysfunctional self-image that affects how an individual reacts to others, their environment, and how they cope with problems or stress, whether it comes from or not from adverse childhood experiences (NIMH, nd). , by. 23).

Essay / Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder . The disability itself is often misdiagnosed as another disability since the symptoms overlap with many other disabilities (NIMH, nd, para 16), or in the worst case, a medical professional refuses to diagnose or treat. treating disability because it is believed that these individuals are incurable due to a negative schema about disability and clinical controversies over whether BPD is a legitimate diagnosis (Hoffman, 2007). However, after nearly three decades of research, it has become apparent that BPD does exist, that it has a good prognosis for remission with treatment (BPD Overview, nd, para 3), and that there are many treatment options available, such as three different types of psychotherapy (dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and schema-focused therapy), omega-3 fatty acid supplements and/or medications (NIMH, nd, para 29, 30 , 31 and 39, 41). Although disability began as a psychoanalytic colloquialism for incurable neurotics (Gunderson, 2009), BPD is entirely treatable and does not deserve the stigma it currently carries in society. Symptoms, Comorbidity and Risk Factors For a person to be diagnosed with BPD Personality Disorder, they must experience at least five of the following symptoms: 1) fear of abandonment, 2) a history of intense relationships and unstable with family, friends and loved ones, often going back and forth between idealization (which includes love and extreme closeness) to devaluation (which includes extreme hatred or anger), 3) distortion.. .... middle of paper ...... were fewer in individuals who received DBT than in those in the control group. Additionally, those who received DBT retained individual therapy and had an attrition rate of 16.7 percent compared to the control group, which had an attrition rate of 50 percent. CBT differs from CBT because it seeks a balance between change and acceptance of behaviors and beliefs (NIMH, nd, para 23). In addition to CBT and CBT, schema-focused therapy is a type of therapy that combines elements of CBT with other forms of psychotherapy. which focuses on reevaluating an individual's schemas about themselves. This therapy is based on the theory that BPD arises from a dysfunctional self-image that affects how an individual reacts to others, their environment, and how they cope with problems or stress, whether it comes from or not from adverse childhood experiences (NIMH, nd). , by. 23).

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