NU 646 Week 8 Discussion

NU 646 Week 8 Discussion | Regis College

Week 8 Discussion 1: Personality Disorders and Childhood Trauma

Read the following article after reviewing your reading and learning materials for this week’s topics.

Cattane, N., Rossi, R., Lanfredi, M., & Cattaneo, A. (2017). Borderline personality disorder and childhood trauma: Exploring the affected biological systems and mechanisms. BMC psychiatry, 17(1), 221.

For this week’s discussion answer the follow questions related to the learning material for this week.

• What is one thing that stands out to you the most about ACEs research?
• Why is the ACEs assessment instrument/tool so important in psychiatric mental health care?
• What are the barriers to responding to the ACEs research?
• Consider borderline personality as a biological response to trauma; what are the best options for treatment and why?

Reply Posts

Reply to at least two of your classmates. In your reply posts, you should compare and contrast your own viewpoints to your peers post.

Your response should include evidence-based research to support your statements, using proper citations and APA format.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

The described expectations meet the passing level of 80%. Students are directed to review the Discussion Grading Rubric for criteria which exceed expectations.