After Gaining New Privileges on the Unit, a Patient Diagnosed

question 26

Multiple Choice

After gaining new privileges on the unit, a patient diagnosed with borderline personality disorder self-inflicted wrist lacerations. In this case, the self-mutilation may have been due to which of the following?

• A) An inherited disorder that manifests itself as an incapacity to tolerate stress
• B) Use of projective identification and splitting to bring anxiety to manageable levels
• C) A constitutional inability to regulate affect, predisposing to psychic disorganization
• D) Fear of abandonment associated with progress toward autonomy and independence

---

Definitions:

Celebrate Diversity

The act of recognizing, respecting, and valuing differences among individuals in terms of ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, education, and religion.

Ignore Differences

The deliberate or unintentional refusal to recognize or acknowledge variations between entities or pieces of information.

Common Ingroup Identity

A recategorizing of members of two or more distinct groups into a single, overarching group.

Different Races

refers to distinct groups of humans classified based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.