Borderline Personality Disorder

Written by experts in the field The only book to take a case-approach to Borderline Personality Disorder Covers challenges in management, diagnosis, and treatment of BPD

Brian A. Palmer, MD, MPH
Mayo Clinic
Brandon T. Unruh, MD
McLean Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Organizing and shaping a treatment toward change.- Stimulating Reflection and Curiosity.- Approach to suicidal behaviors in BPD patients.- Navigating Intersession Contact.- Managing mistrust, paranoia, and relationship rupture.- BPD in the Emergency Department.- Principles of Inpatient BPD Management.- Caring for a Patient with BPD on the Inpatient Medical Service.- BPD and Substance Use.- Medical Problems and Comorbidities.- Managing Co-Morbidities and Appropriate Use of Psychopharmacology.- Engaging family to be productive participants in a BPD treatment.- Addressing narcissistic problems in treatment for BPD.- Narcissistic personality disorder with borderline features.- Providing consultation to determine level of care and organize treatment.- Early Diagnosis and Intervention in Adolescents.- When less may be more: scaling limited treatment resources using a stepped-care model.