What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?

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BPD Compass matches treatment to the processes driving symptoms.

Personalized treatment may improve both efficiency and access to care.

The treatment landscape for borderline personality disorder (BPD) has changed dramatically over the past few decades. A condition that was once considered a life sentence is now recognized as one of the most treatable disorders in psychiatry. Several evidence-based interventions, including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mentalization-based therapy (MBT), transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP), and good psychiatric management (GPM), have consistently been shown to reduce symptoms and improve functioning.

One of the newest additions to this group of evidence-based treatments is BPD Compass, a modular intervention developed to personalize treatment based on the personality processes driving an individual's symptoms. In an initial randomized controlled trial, participants receiving BPD Compass showed significant improvements in BPD symptoms, depression, anxiety, and the personality traits associated with the disorder after just 18 sessions of once-weekly outpatient therapy.

Why Was BPD Compass Developed?

Although existing treatments for BPD are highly effective, they can be difficult to access. Most of these interventions were originally developed for individuals at the highest levels of clinical need and are, therefore, long-term (usually at least a year), intensive (usually twice-weekly), and delivered by........

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