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This 6 page paper discusses the entitle movie and focuses on whether the writer believes the main character, Susanna, really did have borderline personality disorder. The writer recalls the era, the 1960s and what was happening in terms of Susanna's actions. The DSM criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder today are outlined and the writer suggests the one or two criteria the patient met. The essay continues with this type of discussion. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The author was manipulated by her parents to voluntarily admit herself for what she thought would be a two-week rest. It turned out to be two years. The diagnosis was
"Borderline Personality Disorder," which was a catch-all category in the 1960s for anyone who was believed to have mental health problems but whose symptoms did not fit any other identified
category in the DSM. Even in the late 1960s, the term "borderline" meant on the verge of psychosis or on its "border" (Therapydoc, 2007). There were three broad classifications at
the time: neurotic, psychotic, and borderline, meaning the person was not neurotic nor was she psychotic but the behaviors tended to suggest moving towards a psychosis (Therapydoc, 2007). Psychiatrists viewed
the borderline patient as one who did not have the typical psychological boundaries as the average person or might not be able to see their own thoughts and behaviors as
wrong (Therapydoc, 2007). The patient typically demonstrated anger, anxiety over possible abandonment, suicidal tendencies and maybe the patient was manipulative (Therapydoc, 2007). It was all pretty vague. Still, at that
time, clinicians were basically following the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) first published in 1952 (Therapydoc, 2007). The DSM has been revised many times since then and the current one is
the DSM IV-TR (Therapydoc, 2007). The next one is due sometimes in 2012 (Therapydoc, 2007). It will no doubt change etiologies, diagnoses, and treatment interventions for identified mental disorders. Each
edition seems to delete some illnesses and add others. For a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, the current DSM states five or more of the following nine symptoms must be
present (these are shortened): 1. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment (Therapydoc, 2007). 2. a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships (Therapydoc, 2007). 3. identity disturbance: markedly
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