Impacted
Blended Family Troubles
Life Story
- Relationships
- Boyfriends; Sadomasochistic sexual behavior
- Friends;Car incident
- School
- Skip classes
- Patients
- Staff
- Parents divorced at age 6
- Oldest; one younger sister
- Mother remarried
- Arthur Siegel
- Stepbrother- Mike, 16yrs old
- Abusive and Aggressive behavior
- Household responsibilities
- No complaint of caregiver role
- Distress of fathers absence
Other Available Treatments.....
Antidepressants and Atypical Anti-psychotic medications
Why Treatment
- Court Ordered
- School testing
- Suicide Attempt
Borderline Personality Disorder
Dietary Supplementation with Omega-3 fatty acids
Amanda Siegel
- Admittance to Psychiatric hospital for eighth time
- Psychotherapy nor Medication controlled symptoms
- Out of body experiences
- Self-destructive behavior
- Too risky for outpatient treatment
by: Gabrielle Kendrick
&
Kirby Baker
Object Relation Psychotherapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Cognitive therapy("thoughts can influence mood")
- Keep a journal of thoughts
- "Talk Back" negative thoughts
- worst-case, best-case, most likely -case scenario
- Trauma that involves betrayal by a trusted person is linked to the development of BPD..
- Strong evidence show environmental factors, particularly related to childhood family functioning are related to BPD.
- Amanda had many issues with impulsiveness, drug abuse, self-mutilation, promiscuity, and anger.
Diagnosis
- Medication
- Antidepressants (didn't really help her)
Treatment plan