Borderline Personality Disorder

The comprehensive evaluation should identify

• Comorbid conditions

• Functional impairments

• Adaptive/maladaptive coping styles

• Psychosocial stressors

• Patient strengths; needs/goals

Initial assessmen...

Outpatient psychotherapy for BPD is the preferred treatment (2)[B]:

• 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 ...

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...