by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 1, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Depressivity: Frequent feelings of being down, miserable, and/or hopeless; (DSM 5) In one study about 96% of patients with BPD met criteria for a mood disorder, and about 83% also met criteria for the...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The DSM 5, The Higher Self
BPD – Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Emotional liability – Unstable emotional experiences and frequent mood changes. What We Know Intense and rapid changes in mood states is a major feature of borderline personality...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 27, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Impairment 11: Significant impairments in interpersonal functioning – b. Intimacy: anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment. What We Know Liebke and others (2018) developed an interesting computer based assessment tool, the Mannheim Virtual...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 21, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
DSM 5 Impairment 10 – Significant impairments in personality functioning: Intimacy: marked by mistrust, neediness. A Sad Story Getting tired of these sad stories? So am I. I would like to tell you the sad stories of other people, but unfortunately that would go...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 15, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Newsletter, The Higher Self
DSM 5 Impairment 10 – Significant impairments in personality functioning: Intimacy: marked by mistrust, neediness. What We Know I found only one study that dealt directly with distrust. Bhar and others (2008) examined 184 BPD patients on the Personality Beliefs...
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