Article: Pharmacologic treatment of borderline personality disorder

[Guest guest]

Interesting. Of course, such treatment requires that the patient

acknowledge the problem and *want* to get better, which often seems to

be the hard part...

http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?aid=9751

[Guest guest]

Well, shoot. I was hoping the article was about some newly discovered drug that

targets bpd, but the article is mainly about reminding clinicians that existing

drug therapies can be useful for those with bpd IF the bpd person also happens

to have one or more co-morbid Axis I disorders, like mood disorders, anxiety

disorders, or schizophrenia.

Unfortunately there is still no drug therapy that acts specifically on

personality disorder.

And you are right; neither drug therapy nor talk therapy will work if the person

refuses to go to therapy or stay in therapy. But that is the frustrating and

rather " Catch 22 " nature of personality disorder.

-Annie

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> Interesting. Of course, such treatment requires that the patient

> acknowledge the problem and *want* to get better, which often seems to

> be the hard part...

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> http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?aid=9751

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