
Houyame Rharbaoui
Ar-Razi University Psychiatric Hospital, MoroccoPresentation Title:
Patients' impulsivity with borderline personality disorder: Role of severity of childhood abuse
Abstract
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex disorder characterized by a set of symptoms composed of desperate attempts to avoid abandonment, defined primarily by significant instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, emotional dysregulation, and marked impulsivity (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The DSM-5 defines borderline impulsivity as potentially self-destructive behaviors in at least two domains such as spending, sex, substance use, reckless driving, or binge eating. According to several studies, one of the mechanisms likely to explain borderline impulsivity would be the lack of inhibition. In Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a history of childhood maltreatment such as severe emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and neglect can compound difficulties regulating emotions, which in turn can lead to impulsive behaviors.
The aim of our work will be to present a prevalence of impulsive behavior with inhibition difficulties, establish a profile on the distinct aspects of impulsivity in a sample of patients with different levels of PL traits hospitalized at the Arrazi hospital in Salé using the Barratt BIS (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale), determine the association between the severity of childhood abuse and impulsivity with difficulties in regulating emotions in these patients using ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) childhood trauma assessment scales, understand what causes and maintains the impulsivity of these patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) through a literature review in order to be able to intervene effectively and prevent the occurrence of these impulsive actions.
Biography
Houyame Rharbaoui, 40 years old, worked as a general doctor for 7 years.
Currently, she is a resident in psychiatry at Ar-Razi University Psychiatric Hospital
in Sale.