Borderline Personality Disorder

Updated guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association highlight psychotherapy as “the core of treatment” for borderline personality disorder in adolescents and adults.

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NEW ORLEANS – The most common pathway in borderline personality disorder is nonviolence, Jack S. Rozel, MD, said at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

NEW ORLEANS – Borderline personality disorder, which was once thought untreatable, can now be managed by generalists in typical practice settings, Lois W. Choi-Kain, MD, said here at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

NEW ORLEANS – Borderline personality disorder can be effectively treated by using the good psychiatric management approach, Lois W. Choi-Kain, MD, said here at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Combined individual and group schema therapy outperformed treatment as usual and predominantly group schema therapy for borderline personality disorder, according to results of a randomized clinical trial.

Self-reported borderline personality disorder screening tools may be useful in identifying symptoms of BPD in adolescents and may determine who can benefit from early intervention, according to data published in Psychiatry Research.

Effective early intervention for borderline personality disorder did not rely upon availability of BPD psychotherapy, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation was well-tolerated among patients with borderline personality disorder and may improve some of their symptoms, according to results of a systematic review published in Psychiatry Research.

Marine omega-3 fatty acids improved borderline personality disorder symptoms, according to results of a meta-analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.