Borderline Personality Disorder Patients With Research Paper

According to Philip W. Long, M.D., "During brief reactive psychoses, low doses of antipsychotic drugs may be useful, but they are usually not essential adjuncts to the treatment regimen, since such episodes are most often self-limiting and of short duration. It is, however, clear that low doses of high potency neuroleptics may be helpful for disorganized thinking and some psychotic symptoms. Depression in some cases is amenable to neuroleptics. Neuroleptics are particularly recommended for the psychotic symptoms mentioned above, and for patients who show anger which must be controlled. Dosages should generally be low and the medication should never be given without adequate psychosocial intervention." (Grohol, 2007).

Other psychological treatments which have been used to treat this disorder include those which focus on social learning theory and conflict resolution. Typically these types of solution-focused therapies neglect the core problem of people who suffer from this disorder, difficulty in expressing appropriate emotions and emotional attachments to significant people in their lives due to faulty cognition. Encouraging the individual with BPD to gain additional social support is an important aspect of treatment. Many support groups exist within communities throughout the world which are devoted to helping individuals with this disorder share their commons experiences and feelings (Grohol, 2007).

Conclusion

BPD is intrinsically difficult to treat. Personality disorders, by definition, are long-standing ways of coping with the world, social and personal relationships, handling stress and emotions, and so forth that often do not work. Studies indicate that BPD evolves from predisposing genetics, parental psychopathology and/or family dysfunction, and childhood trauma. While each factor is a separate entity, they are likely to be closely interrelated. For example, the existence of vulnerable genetics may, generation after generation, culminate in parents with psychological problems. In turn these parents may emotionally mismanage their children through abusive behavior, resulting in the perpetuation of a cycle of trans-generational trauma and dysfunction. Treatment for this disorder is likely to be fairly lengthy in duration.

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