Borderline Personality

Borderline personality disorder is a severe and persistent mental disorder experience of severe emotional distress and behavioral dyscontrol.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical behavior therapy is a cognitive behavioral treatment program developed to treat suicidal clients meeting criteria for BPD.^20-21 It directly targets (1) suicidal behavior, (2) behaviors that interfere with treatment delivery, and (3) other dangerous, severe, or destabilizing behaviors.

Standard DBT addresses the following 5 functions: (1) increasing behavioral capabilities, (2) improving motivation for skillful behavior (through contingency management and reduction of interfering emotions and cognitions), (3) assuring generalization of gains to the natural environment, (4) structuring the treatment environment so that it reinforces functional rather than dysfunctional behaviors, and (5) enhancing therapist capabilities and motivation to treat patients effectively. These functions are divided among the following 4 modes of service delivery: (1) weekly individual psychotherapy (1 h/wk), (2) group skills training (2 h/wk), (3) telephone consultation (as needed within the therapist's limits to ensure generalization), and (4) weekly therapist consultation team meetings (to enhance therapist motivation and skills and to provide therapy for the therapists).
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