During schema-therapy formulation, a patient with borderline personality disorder rapidly shifts after perceived rejection from frightened

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During schema-therapy formulation, a patient with borderline personality disorder rapidly shifts after perceived rejection from frightened helplessness to rage and then emotional detachment. Which statement most accurately distinguishes schema modes from related schema-therapy constructs?

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They are transient configurations of emotion, cognition and behaviour arising when schemas and coping responses are activated.

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They are stable coping styles of surrender, avoidance or overcompensation that remain unchanged across emotional contexts.

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They are enduring beliefs about the self and relationships, established early and persisting across situations.

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They are categorical levels of clinical risk used to determine observation, admission and discharge decisions.

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They are sequential stages of schema therapy through which every patient progresses in a fixed order.

Schema Modes BPD — MRCPsych Paper B MCQ

During schema-therapy formulation, a patient with borderline personality disorder rapidly shifts after perceived rejection from frightened helplessness to rage and then emotional detachment. Which statement most accurately distinguishes schema modes from related schema-therapy constructs?