Topics in Personality Disorders

Topics: Personality Disorders

Are you diagnosing a personality disorder (PD) in half of your patients? If not, you probably are not asking enough questions. Studies have found that the prevalence among psychiatric patients of any PD is about 50%, but that clinicians relying on their standard interviews diagnose half that many, about 25% (Zimmerman M et al., Psychiatr Clin North Am 2

Medications for Borderline Personality Disorder

Topics: Personality Disorders

Most authorities in the world of borderline personality disorder (BPD) say that psychotherapy is the mainstay of treatment and that medications should only be used adjunctively to treat symptoms as they arise. Nevertheless, medications are used relatively frequently for this disorder. The Journal of Affective Disorders recently published a useful review

Diagnosing Personality Disorders

Topics: Personality Disorders