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Borderline personality disorder. Suicidality and self-mutilation.

J G Gunderson1, M E Ridolfi

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA. gleasop@mcleanpo.mclean.org

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|June 20, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients exhibit self-destructive acts as a core feature. Management involves a primary clinician, safety contracts, hospitalization, and a therapeutic approach of minimal rescue and active interpretation.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Suicidality and self-destructive behaviors are prominent in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
  • Understanding the epidemiological and neurobiological underpinnings of these behaviors is crucial for effective treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe epidemiological and neurobiological perspectives on suicidality in BPD.
  • To present management principles and contrast therapeutic approaches for BPD patients.

Main Methods:

  • Review of epidemiological and neurobiological data on BPD suicidality.
  • Presentation of clinical management principles, including safety contracting and hospitalization.
  • Illustration of a specific therapeutic approach using clinical examples.

Main Results:

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  • Self-destructive and suicidal acts are characterized as a "behavioral specialty" in BPD.
  • Management requires a primary clinician for safety oversight.
  • An approach emphasizing minimal therapist initiative, "false submission," and active interpretation is detailed.

Conclusions:

  • Effective management of BPD suicidality necessitates a structured approach.
  • The presented therapeutic model offers an alternative to established methods like those of Linehan and Kernberg.