| Coverage : This quiz tests your knowledge about borderline disorder |
| 1. | BPD stands for? |
| a. | | Bipolar personality disorder |
| b. | | Borderline personality disorder |
| c. | | Brief Psychotic Disorder |
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| 2. | What is BPD? |
| a. | | A personality disorder which deals with instability in moods , interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. |
| b. | | A personality disorder in which the person tends to drive people away from them, and so have few friends, which they interpret as reinforcing their beliefs that there is a conspiracy against them. |
| c. | | A personality disorder characterized by lack of empathy or conscience, a difficulty controlling impulses and manipulative behaviors. |
| d. | | A personality disorder characterised by a person who is always calling attention to themselves, who are lively and overly dramatic. |
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| 3. | What percentage of the general population is estimated to be affected by this disorder? |
| a. | | 0-4% |
| b. | | 2-6% |
| c. | | 6-10% |
| d. | | 10-14% |
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| 4. | Which are the basic dialectics that patients of BPD fail to master? |
| a. | | vulnerability vs invalidation |
| b. | | active passivity (tendency to be passive when confronted with a problem and actively seek a rescuer) vs apparent competence (appearing to be capable when in reality internally things are falling apart) |
| c. | | unremitting crises vs inhibited grief. |
| d. | | All of the above |
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| 5. | Which therapy is considered to be the best and one of the most promising treatment for BPD? |
| a. | | Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy |
| b. | | Psychoanalytic Therapy |
| c. | | Dialectical Behavioral Therapy |
| d. | | E-Therapy |
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| 6. | The frequency of BPD, is how many times more in women than in men? |
| a. | | 4 times |
| b. | | 6 times |
| c. | | 8 times |
| d. | | 10 times |
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| 7. | What leads to the onset of BPD? |
| a. | | a combination of individual vulnerability to environmental stress, neglect or abuse as young children |
| b. | | genetical problem |
| c. | | being a victim of violence, including rape and other crimes. |
| d. | | abnormal levels of certain neurotransmitters in the brain |
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| 8. | Which of the following chemical messengers in the brain circuits play a role in the regulation of emotions? |
| a. | | dopamine |
| b. | | acetylcholine |
| c. | | serotonin |
| d. | | epinephrine |
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| 9. | Which of the follwing medications are helpful for curing BPD? |
| a. | | antipsychotic medications |
| b. | | antidepressants medications |
| c. | | lithium carbonate |
| d. | | All of the above |
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| 10. | In which of the below publications reference for BPD can be found? |
| a. | | Journal of Personality Disorders |
| b. | | Comprehensive Psychiatry |
| c. | | Psychological Bulletin |
| d. | | All of the above |
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