44-3 The Case Study of Borderline Personality Disorder in College
Borderline personality disorder (addressed as BPD below), is one of the most important issues in the fields of psychopathology and clinical psychology. Dealing with BPD clients is commonly considered a challenging and energy-consuming experience for most professional practitioners or psychotherapists because BPD patients have unstable emotions and interpersonal relationships. The purposes of this study are to discuss the BPD patients’ upbringing and background, emotional adjustment, interpersonal relationship adjustment, suicidal issues, and psychotherapy experiences. A qualitative case study with qualitative approach through semi-structured interview was used for data collection and analysis. The findings were organized in the following categories: Traumatic growth experiences, unstable self-image, unstable interpersonal relationship, academic work and job, long-term emptiness, all-or-nothing to spectrum, suicidal issues, receiving help from multiple resources, and BPD from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5. Based on these findings, several suggestions were proposed on early family nurturance treatment, professional intervention and suicide prevention for BPD clients, team-approached therapy, the empowerment of the therapist, and future research directions.
Keywords
borderline personality disorder ； interpersonal adjustment ； psychotherapy ； suicide issues
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