TY - JOUR
T1 - Recovery in borderline personality disorder
T2 - Time for optimism and focussed treatment strategies
AU - Balaratnasingam, Sivasankaran
AU - Janca, Aleksandar
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Purpose of reviewBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is prevalent, debilitating and clinically challenging. The evolving field of intervention and outcomes in BPD research is considered with a focus on recent research.Recent findingsA pattern of clinical and functional improvement is to be expected in patients experiencing BPD. Specialized psychotherapies are shown to be beneficial, but generalist, low-intensity interventions in nonspecialized centres are also showing efficacy. Long-term naturalistic studies show that remission of the disorder is common and promising outcomes are not only possible, but likely. Training in vocational functioning, improving personal competence and promoting resilience needs to be further developed.SummaryBPD diagnosis does not need to overwhelm clinicians, nor does it require therapeutic pessimism. Targeted interventions, including meaningful psychoeducation, are helpful in promoting optimism and enhancing recovery-oriented treatments. .
AB - Purpose of reviewBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is prevalent, debilitating and clinically challenging. The evolving field of intervention and outcomes in BPD research is considered with a focus on recent research.Recent findingsA pattern of clinical and functional improvement is to be expected in patients experiencing BPD. Specialized psychotherapies are shown to be beneficial, but generalist, low-intensity interventions in nonspecialized centres are also showing efficacy. Long-term naturalistic studies show that remission of the disorder is common and promising outcomes are not only possible, but likely. Training in vocational functioning, improving personal competence and promoting resilience needs to be further developed.SummaryBPD diagnosis does not need to overwhelm clinicians, nor does it require therapeutic pessimism. Targeted interventions, including meaningful psychoeducation, are helpful in promoting optimism and enhancing recovery-oriented treatments. .
KW - borderline personality disorder
KW - mentalization-based treatment
KW - outcomes
KW - treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075814361&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000564
DO - 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000564
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31652136
AN - SCOPUS:85075814361
VL - 33
SP - 57
EP - 61
JO - Current Opinion in Psychiatry
JF - Current Opinion in Psychiatry
SN - 0951-7367
IS - 1
ER -