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COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
DSM-IV BPD CRITERIA
ARE ALSO GENERALLY SEEN IN CLUSTERS
• IMPULSE CLUSTER
– Impulsivity in two or more areas.
– Repetitive self-destructive behavior
DSM-IV BPD CRITERIA
ARE ALSO GENERALLY SEEN IN CLUSTERS
(Cont’d)
• AFFECT CLUSTER
– Uncontrolled anger
– Unstable interpersonal relations
– Labile moods
– Stress-related paranoia or Dissociative
symptoms
DSM-IV BPD CRITERIA
ARE ALSO GENERALLY SEEN IN CLUSTERS
(Cont’d)
• IDENTITY CLUSTER
– Identity diffusion
– Feelings or emptiness and boredom
– Intolerance of being alone
CULTURAL FACTORS
(Paris, 1996)
• BPD highly sensitive to sociocultural context
• Rare in traditional societies
• Maybe a byproduct of rapid change/
modernization
• Need to consider a late-age onset that meets
DSM-IV criteria
A NEW DIAGNOSIS
COMPLEX POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER
• A history of subjection to totalitarian
control over a prolonged period
• Alterations in affect regulation
• Alterations in consciousness
A NEW DIAGNOSIS
COMPLEX POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER (Cont’d)
• Alterations in self-perception
• Alterations in perception of perpetrator
• Alterations in relations with others
• Alterations in system of meaning
(Herman, 1992)
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