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People with borderline personalities shift back and forth between viewing people as all good
or all bad, rather than as partly good and partly bad.
Self-Control Behaviours
Actions undertaken by an individual to control impulses and resist short-term temptation in order to achieve longer-term goals.
Atypical Neuroleptics
A class of medications primarily used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which tend to have fewer extrapyramidal side effects compared to older antipsychotics.
Aggressive Inpatient Children
Children admitted to a hospital or residential treatment who exhibit aggressive behavior towards themselves or others.
Risperidone
An “atypical” antipsychotic medication with fewer side effects than chlorpromazine. It was introduced in the 1990s and is believed to influence serotonin as well as dopamine.
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