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A patient with borderline personality disorder cut her wrists while out on a pass.For future planning,staff should consider that the reason for the self-mutilation is probably related to:


A) an inherited disorder that manifests itself as an incapacity to tolerate stress.
B) fear of abandonment associated with relationships or increasing autonomy.
C) use of projective identification and splitting to bring anxiety to manageable levels.
D) a constitutional inability to regulate affect,predisposing to psychic disorganization.

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