Borderline Personality Disorder

Comorbid conditions

Functional impairments

Adaptive/maladaptive coping styles

Psychosocial stressors

Patient strengths; needs/goals

Outpatient psychotherapy for BPD is the preferred treatment (3,4)[C]:

• Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) combines cognitive behavioral techniques for emotional regulation and reality testing...

Schedule visits that are short, more frequent, and focused to relieve patients’ anxiety about relationships with their physician/provider and to help reduce risk ...

F60.3 Borderline personality disorder

20010003 Borderline personality disorder

698700004 Borderline personality disorder in remission

BPD may be discerned by the impropriety of reactions to situations others find or minor.

View BPD as a chronic condition with waxing and waning features. It is important to adjust medic...