COSIG CONFERENCE BROCHURE.pdf - Drexel University College ...

COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
BPD is a Pervasive Disorder
of the Emotion Regulation
System
Emotion Dysregulation
Emotional Vulnerability
BPD criterion behaviors function
to regulate emotions or
are a natural consequence of
emotion dysregulation
(Linehan, 1993)
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Inability to
Modulate Emotions
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DBT’S Reorganization of DSM-IV
Criteria for BPD (Linehan, 1993)
1. Emotional Dyregulation : Criteria 6 & 8
2. Interpersonal Dysregulation: Criteria 1
& 2
3. Behavioral Dysregulation: Criteria 4 &
5
4. Cognitive Dysregulation: Criterion 9
5. Dysregulation of the self: Criteria 3 & 7
DBT as a Dialectical Approach:
(Linehan, 1993)
• Stresses that to fully understand a
person’s behavior it must be
placed in its behavioral and
environmental context
(interrelatedness)
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Invalidating Environment
Pervasively negates or
dismisses behavior
independent of
the actual validity
of the behavior
Biosocial Theory of BPD
Biological Dysfunction in the
Emotion Regulation System
Invalidating
Environment
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Pervasive Emotion Dysregulation
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