Research suggests that there may be a significant connection between borderline personality disorder and childhood trauma. Explore how childhood trauma may contribute to the development of BPD, as well as symptoms and potential treatments for borderline
There is no absolute cure for borderline personality disorder, but it is treatable. People with BPD can and do recover with the proper treatment and support. Even if some symptoms persist, it is possible to reach a point where the impact on day-to-day life is minimal. ...
People who have been assessed as suffering from borderline personality disorder are notoriously difficult to treat or to help either within individual psychoanalysis or psychotherapy or within a hospital or day centre. The treatment milieu is most commonly that of a psychiatric day hospital. The ...
However, assertions that women's violence towards partners is more likely to be motivated by self-defence and fear whereas men's is more likely to be associated with control motives [55] may be simplistic and unhelpful in the assessment of IPV, particularly in the treatment of women with BPD...
disorder:isitafeasibleandacceptabletreatment?Apilot studyoftwosinglecases ClareReeder 1∗ †,PeterStevens 2 †,JamesLiddement 2 andVyvHuddy 3 1 DepartmentofPsychology,InstituteofPsychiatry,King’sCollegeLondon,UK 2 DepartmentofForensicPsychology,BractonCentre,OxleasNHSFoundationTrust,Dartford,Kent 3 Rese...
Borderline intellectual functioning (BIF; also called borderline intelligence) is defined as a range of intellectual quotient (IQ) between 70 and 85 or 71–84 depending on classification, which places it at the lower end of normal intelligence but above
OxleasNHSFoundationTrust,LondonSE207TS,UK b Surrey&BordersPartnershipNHSFoundationTrust,Chertsey,SurreyKT160AE,UK articleinfo Articlehistory: Availableonline13March2015 Keywords: Arttherapy Borderlinepersonalitydisorder Structureoftreatment Survey abstract
A tendency to merge mental representations of self and other is thought to underpin the intense and unstable relationships that feature in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, clinical theories of BPD do not specify, in computational terms, ho
The current study investigated the effects of social interactions on effortful control (EC) and mentalizing in individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) features. 123 nonclinical participants completed the emotional Stroop task to assess EC
During her presentation, Dr Zanarini described a pilot study of a psychoeducational intervention involving 50 patients from 2003 to 2004. The intervention included providing information on the signs and symptoms of BPD, its etiology, comorbid disorders, treatment options, and course of the disorder. ...