Carolina Tovar BorreroAssignment 2: April 10, 2013TIMES Magazine: The Mystery of Borderline Personality Disorder by John CloudDescription of Borderline Personality Disorder:In the TIMES magazine article by John Cloud, he defined Borderline Personality Disorder as the “suffers’ inability to calibrate their feelings and behavior” (Cloud 1). What that means is that the individual diagnosed is unable to handle situations that bring about an overflowof emotions. Although the cause is unknown, the combination between environment and geneticsis the largest indication for diagnosis. Psychologists must deal with many inconsolable individuals who may turn to aggression, substance abuse, and suicide attempts as a way to cope with their surplus of emotions. Textbook Information in support of the Description: The definition of Borderline Personality Disorder is “a pervasive pattern of instability in mood and interpersonal relationships” (Oltmanns Emery 2012 p. 226). Individuals are often intensely attached to someone else because they find it difficult to be alone. People who are diagnosed with this disorder normally have a very blurred sense of self and have drastic mood fluctuations between a couple hours. Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder may become severely depress and attempt, if not succeed, suicide.Research Article in support of the Description:The McLean Study of Adult Development conducted an experiment of 290 patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and 72 patients with patients that were diagnosed with other Axis II disorders. Their study was made to find out if after 16 years of research patients with BPD continued the same defense mechanisms and the relationship between recovery rates. They discovered that with their subjects who had specific defense mechanisms, such as humor, emotional hypochondria, acting out, and projection, their recovery time was shorter.Carolina Tovar BorreroAssignment 2: April 10, 2013Epidemiology of Borderline Personality Disorder:John Cloud describes his interaction with a Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosed individual, Lily, in his article. He describes her as being “friendly, but not terribly expressive” and with carried herself in a way that showed she had many walls up (Cloud 2). Lily was able to finish high school and go onto college. She held a career as a saleswoman for specialty equipment. In her late twenties, she no longer was satisfied with her job and realized nothing provided her considerable joy. Lily turned to cutting herself as a means to feel any sort of emotion. Short after she began her sessions with a psychologist, Lily attempted suicide for the second time. Patients simply look for the ability to get by until the next day. It is a daily struggleto suppress the intensity of the pain in order to function in society in a healthy manner. Textbook Information in support of the Epidemiology:Patients suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder after often overmedicated. The symptoms of this disorder overlap into many other DSM-IV axis. After the initial Borderline Personality symptoms, which include a need to never be alone, ongoing emptiness, impulsiveness, and among other symptoms, came the onset of major depression. Research Article in support of the Epidemiology:Those patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder who displayed symptoms such as humor, emotional hypochondria, acting out, and projection were better off in life in the long run. They were able to function with less Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms as those with different ways of expressing their emotional instability. Because of the different aspects of this disorder there is a difference in how individuals maintain their symptoms. Some individuals express themselves with aggression and sorrow while others have also do not have a sense of identity.Carolina Tovar BorreroAssignment 2: April 10, 2013New York Times: Case of Psychologist’s Killer Goes to Jury in Manhattan by R. BuettnerDescription of Psychosis:Although David Tarloff could have still been a good man, he was still able to murder Dr. Faughey in attempt to steal his money to help his mother. Mr. Tarloff’s lawyer claims that David was not in a right state of mind, and would not be fit in jail. David Tarloff demonstrates schizophrenic symptoms when he describes that the day of the murder he had thought of himself as a “Son of God” and truly believed that by robbing his old psychologist, he would have the funds needed to relocate his mother. Because of his delusion, David committed a criminal act.Textbook Information in support of the Description:Psychosis refers to “several types of severe mental disorders in which the person considered to be out of contact with reality” (Oltmanns Emery 2012 p. 226). David Tarloff’s belief that he was a “Son of God” and needed to rob his ex-psychologist is out of touch with any truth. Because of Mr. Tarloff’s recent belief that he was a “Son of God’ he would be suffering from acute psychosis in that it had not been a long standing symptom. Research Article in support of the Description:The University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics conducted a study in order to try to find if there was a correlation between the duration of untreated psychosis and illness with those that were treated. The subjects had to undergo many neuropsychological tasks and be compared with 75 healthy participants. The participants that were diagnosed for psychosis had wide ranging symptoms but only lasting shorter than a month at a time, but felt they experienced many episodes. The study could not conclude that there was any connection between untreated people and diagnosed participants.Carolina Tovar BorreroAssignment 2: April 10, 2013Epidemiology of Psychosis:David Tarloff was unfortunately not in any right state of mind when his plan of robbing his past psychologist failed as soon as he saw another psychologist in the office. Because of his change in his criminal plan it caused one death and his potential sentence of life in jail. Mr. Tarloff’s lawyer is trying to fight for David to instead be put in a “secure psychiatric institution” (Buettner 1). In this way, David Tarloff will be able to receive his medications needed and speak to a professional about how to handle the voices he hears. Through an institution David will be away from harm, not only to himself, but to others as well. Textbook Information in support of the