Citation

Nelson KJ, Zagoloff A, Quinn S, Swanson HE, Garber C, Schulz SC. Clinical Practice 2014; 11(3): 341-349.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014)

DOI

10.2217/cpr.14.24

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Borderline personality disorder is a disorder associated with significant morbidity, mortality and imparts a significant societal toll. The field of research into the pathophysiology, conceptualization and treatment approaches for borderline personality disorder is rapidly expanding. Once considered by many to be a diagnosis consisting of fixed and untreatable patient characteristics, our current understanding had lead to a more hopeful prognosis and a set of therapeutic approaches to accelerate patient recovery. These approaches include evidence-based psychotherapy, domain-targeted medication treatment and combined strategies. Despite this growth in the literature and improvement in patient care, significant opportunities exist to further our understanding and implement best practices in the clinical realm, research and physician education. © 2014 Future Medicine Ltd.

Language: en

Keywords

human; suicide; prognosis; treatment; psychotherapy; medical education; treatment outcome; borderline personality disorder; comorbidity; nonsuicidal self-injury; psychoeducation; review; treatment planning; psychologic assessment; automutilation; behavior therapy; borderline state; dialectical behavior therapy; help seeking behavior; transference focused psychotherapy; mentalization based treatment; medication therapy management; affective dysregulation; schema therapy; systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving