Borderline Personality Disorder Research Paper
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder
Madeline Anderson
Argosy University
ENG101 Composition I
All therapists’ approaches to the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder are different. One form of treatment is DBT or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT was created by Marsha Linehan, a psychologist at the University of Washington. It was developed from the structure of CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
CBT is a type of goal-oriented psychotherapy that takes a hands-on approach to problem solving and changes patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people’s difficulties, and changed the way they feel. It is used to help treat a …show more content…
The two classes of medications useful in reducing specific core symptoms of borderline disorder are antipsychotic agents and mood stabilizers.
The treatment of BPD depends on the effectiveness of specific symptoms with the medication selected and the biological makeup of the patient. Trial and error is a common consequence of medication therapy.
Antipsychotic agents are most commonly used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia however when prescribed at lower doses, it has been found to be quite useful in the treatment of BPD, especially for all or nothing thinking, suspiciousness, paranoia, cognitive perceptual symptoms and dissociative episodes. The implementation of antipsychotic medication and with the addition of another medications from the class of mood stabilizers may be indicated reduce symptoms of impulsivity, anger, anxiety, depressed mood, and general level of functioning. The stabilizers do not reduce suspiciousness, split thinking, dissociative episodes, and paranoia. When these symptoms persist after others improve with mood stabilizers an addition of an antipsychotic agent is …show more content…
There are many drugs that have been designed and developed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder. While medication alone is not the answer for treating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a combination of drugs and counseling has a much greater efficacy compared with treatment given using only medications.
References:
http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inform_Yourself/About_Mental_Illness/About_Treatments_and_Supports/Dialectical_Behavior_Therapy_%28DBT%29.htm
http://psychcentral.com/lib/in-depth-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/000907/5
http://behavioraltech.org/resources/whatisdbt.cfm
http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-psychotherapy?page=2
http://psychcentral.com/lib/living-with-borderline-personality-disorder/0005004/3
Chapman, A. L., Gratz, K. L. (2007). The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide: Oakland, CA.: New Harbinger Publications.
Kreisman, J. J., Straus, H. (2004). Sometimes I Act Crazy, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons
Kreisman, J. J., Straus, H. (1989). I Hate You-Don’t Leave Me: New York, N. Y.: Harper Collins
Madeline Anderson
Argosy University
ENG101 Composition I
All therapists’ approaches to the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder are different. One form of treatment is DBT or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT was created by Marsha Linehan, a psychologist at the University of Washington. It was developed from the structure of CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
CBT is a type of goal-oriented psychotherapy that takes a hands-on approach to problem solving and changes patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people’s difficulties, and changed the way they feel. It is used to help treat a …show more content…
The two classes of medications useful in reducing specific core symptoms of borderline disorder are antipsychotic agents and mood stabilizers.
The treatment of BPD depends on the effectiveness of specific symptoms with the medication selected and the biological makeup of the patient. Trial and error is a common consequence of medication therapy.
Antipsychotic agents are most commonly used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia however when prescribed at lower doses, it has been found to be quite useful in the treatment of BPD, especially for all or nothing thinking, suspiciousness, paranoia, cognitive perceptual symptoms and dissociative episodes. The implementation of antipsychotic medication and with the addition of another medications from the class of mood stabilizers may be indicated reduce symptoms of impulsivity, anger, anxiety, depressed mood, and general level of functioning. The stabilizers do not reduce suspiciousness, split thinking, dissociative episodes, and paranoia. When these symptoms persist after others improve with mood stabilizers an addition of an antipsychotic agent is …show more content…
There are many drugs that have been designed and developed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder. While medication alone is not the answer for treating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a combination of drugs and counseling has a much greater efficacy compared with treatment given using only medications.
References:
http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inform_Yourself/About_Mental_Illness/About_Treatments_and_Supports/Dialectical_Behavior_Therapy_%28DBT%29.htm
http://psychcentral.com/lib/in-depth-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/000907/5
http://behavioraltech.org/resources/whatisdbt.cfm
http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-psychotherapy?page=2
http://psychcentral.com/lib/living-with-borderline-personality-disorder/0005004/3
Chapman, A. L., Gratz, K. L. (2007). The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide: Oakland, CA.: New Harbinger Publications.
Kreisman, J. J., Straus, H. (2004). Sometimes I Act Crazy, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons
Kreisman, J. J., Straus, H. (1989). I Hate You-Don’t Leave Me: New York, N. Y.: Harper Collins