Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Borderline personality disorder; Suicide--Prevention;
Abstract
Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are more likely than patients with any other personality disorder to commit suicide. Many programs have been found successful in helping these patients control their thoughts. Using the Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression (BATD) with a cathartic journal process in addition to the treatment, instead of hospitalization, it is hypothesized that BPD patients will reduce thoughts and attempts of suicide. This is a five year program that will be implemented to see how patients progress through the treatment. There will be a pretest-posttest control group design used in this research. With adding a journaling process, the patients will be able to release their emotional burdens which will then decrease their time dwelling on those thoughts. Therefore, this will help to decrease the thoughts and attempts of suicide within people with BPD.
Year of Submission
2010
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Postsecondary Education
First Advisor
Jan R. Bartlett
Date Original
2010
Object Description
1 PDF file (15 pages)
Copyright
©2010 Ashley Anne Welter
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Welter, Ashley Anne, "Borderline personality disorder and suicidal attempts: How to calm an uprising dilemma" (2010). Graduate Research Papers. 223.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/223
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