Borderline Personality Disorder

The comprehensive evaluation should identify

• Comorbid conditions

• Functional impairments

• Adaptive/maladaptive coping styles

• Psychosocial stressors

• Patient strengths; needs/goals

Initial assessment ...

Outpatient psychotherapy for BPD is the preferred treatment (3)[A]:

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

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 minor.

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