The DSM IV, which is a manual used by psychiatrists to diagnose all mental disorders, describes BPD as an AXIS 11 disorder of impulsivity and
emotional dysregulation including at least five of the following (See Gray Box Below):
Not exact matches
I've seen children and teens dealing with a variety of issues
including: depression, anxiety, anger, family conflict, screen time, social skills,
emotional dysregulation, self - destructive behaviors, and more.
Adrenal fatigue is caused by any or all types of stress on the body (
including emotional, mental or physical stress) which lead to the
dysregulation of cortisol — our body's main anti-stress hormone.
And, we'll tie together the previous levels by connecting how inflammation related to the previous system discussions - poor digestion, immune dysfunction, hormonal
dysregulation, genetic snps, and environmental toxin exposures (
including emotional toxins)- contribute to an increased risk of chronic rehab challenges,
including chronic joint pain, poor surgical or injury recovery, obesity, memory loss or dementia, diabetes, or even poor sports performance.
DBT has been proven effective for a host of behaviors that may be the result of
emotional dysregulation,
including cutting and other forms of self - injurious behaviors, impulse control difficulties, disruptive behaviors, and eating disorders, to name a few.
Examples
include preschool and school - aged aggression, depression and
emotional dysregulation.
The past 20 years has seen a steady increase in the estimated prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in childhood and a recent UK estimate is 1.7 % with many preschool children receiving early diagnoses.1 Children with ASD often have associated difficulties
including hyperactivity, anxiety, hypersensitivity to sounds and materials, sleeping difficulties, and
emotional dysregulation.2 These behavioural problems present challenges for parents.
Given that depression
includes symptoms that are inherently social and expressive (e.g., irritability,
emotional dysregulation, hostility), an interpersonal communication perspective on the intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms seems particularly relevant.
Although this could not be tested in the current study, given the theoretical importance of attachment security to child
emotional functioning (e.g., Cassidy, 1994), as well as the well - established link between
emotional dysregulation and childhood anxiety, another hypothesis is that attachment security relates to anxiety via children's
emotional capacities,
including children's emotion understanding and regulation.
It may well be that
emotional dysregulation is one of the risk mechanisms underlying multiple disorders,
including the ones addressed in the present study.