Table of Contents

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.

About the Author

Brian A. Palmer, MD, MPH

Mayo Clinic

Brandon T. Unruh, MD

McLean Hospital

Harvard Medical School