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NCLEX-PN

Category - Psychosocial Integrity

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A female client is admitted to the psychiatric unit after slashing her wrists. The physician diagnoses borderline personality disorder after gathering the client’s history and the results of the assessment. Borderline personality disorder is characterized by:
  1. Impulsiveness, lack of guilt, aggressive behaviors
  2. Feelings of worthlessness, suicidal behaviors, depressed mood
  3. Unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, suicidal behavior, identity disturbances
  4. Display of sexually seductive behaviors, dramatic expression of emotion, and a need to be the center of attention
Explanation
Answer: C - Borderline personality disorder is characterized by unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, suicidal behavior, identity disturbances, self-mutilating behavior, and frantic avoidance of abandonment. Items in option A characterize antisocial personality disorder and items in option B characterize major depression. Option D includes the characteristics of individuals with histrionic personality disorder.
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