Citation

Krawitz R, Jackson W, Allen R, Connell A, Argyle N, Bensemann C, Mileshkin C. Australas. Psychiatry 2004; 12(1): 11-17.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1046/j.1039-8562.2003.02052.x

PMID

15715732

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To define and explore the rationale for professionally indicated short-term risk-taking in treating adults with borderline personality disorder, and discuss prerequisites for the approach, clinical implementation and medicolegal contexts.
CONCLUSION: When prerequisites are met and clinical and medicolegal practice is sound and thorough, taking short-term risk, as part of a comprehensive treatment, is a legitimate professional consideration in working with some adults with borderline personality disorder.

Language: en

Keywords

Adaptation, Psychological; Borderline Personality Disorder; Crisis Intervention; Custodial Care; Humans; Malpractice; Physician-Patient Relations; Problem Solving; Psychotherapy; Risk-Taking; Self Care; Self-Injurious Behavior; Social Responsibility; Suicide; Suicide Prevention; Treatment Outcome