Treating Borderline Personality Disorders: Understanding Intense, Impulsive, and Volatile Relationships

Treating Borderline Personality Disorders: Understanding Intense, Impulsive, and Volatile Relationships is organized by Institute for Brain Potential (IBP).

Initial Release Date: 08/29/2022 
Expiration Date: 08/29/2025

Description: 
People with borderline personality disorder exhibit fear of abandonment, volatile relationships, impulsivity, mood swings, and intense anger.

These intensely emotional yet chaotic individuals can confuse and bewilder health professionals, educators, and families. This program is designed to enhance your understanding of the origins, symptoms, and treatments of borderline personality disorder for professionals working in medical, dental, and behavioral settings.

Participants completing this program should be able to:
• Describe five clinical criteria for diagnosing personality pathology.
• List key features of borderline personality disorder.
• Describe genetic and developmental factors underlying borderline personality disorder.
• Compare and contrast different treatments.

Clinical Criteria of Personality Pathology
• Adaptive Inflexibility
• Vicious Cycles
• Instability
• Lack of Insight
• Pathological Problem-Solving

Characteristics of the Borderline Personality
• Impulsivity
• Unstable and Intense Relationships
• Identity Disturbance
• Intolerance of Being Alone
• Self-Harm
• Chronic Sense of Emptiness/Boredom
• Inappropriate and Intense Anger
• Paranoid Ideation
• Common Coexisting Conditions

Developmental Factors
• Nature versus Nurture
• Childhood Trauma
• Psychodynamic
• Cognitive-Behavioral
• Genetic
• Biological

Resources
• Interpersonal Skills
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Schema-Based Therapy
• Dialectical-Behavior Therapy
• Mindfulness
• Increasing Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Improving Emotional Regulation
• Acceptance