American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders 2004 TREATING BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: A Quick Reference Guide > TREATING BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: A Quick Reference Guide Sections: A. Initial Presentation, 1. Initial Assessment to Determine Treatment Setting, 2. Comprehensive Evaluation, 3. Treatment Framework, B. Psychiatric Management, C. Principles of Treatment Selection, 1. Type of Treatment, 2. Flexibility and Comprehensiveness of the Treatment Plan, 3. Role of Patient Preference, 4. Single Versus Multiple Clinicians, D. Specific Treatment Strategies, 1. Individual Psychotherapeutic Approaches, 2. Other Forms of Psychotherapy, 3. Pharmacotherapy and Other Somatic Treatments, E. Special Features Influencing Treatment, F. Risk Management Issues, 1. General Considerations, 2. Suicide, 3. Anger, Impulsivity, and Violence, 4. Potential Boundary Violations. Topics Discussed: borderline personality disorder; couples therapy; group psychotherapy; psychotherapy, family; psychotherapy, individual; selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor. Excerpt: "Based on Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder, originally published in October 2001. A guideline watch, summarizing significant developments in the scientific literature since publication of this guideline, may be available. Consider partial hospitalization (or brief inpatient hospitalization if partial hospitalization is not available) if any of the following are present:..." DOI: 10.1176/appi.books.9780890423370.111295 The content above is only an excerpt. For full access subscribe now or log into your account below. You can also purchase 24- or 48-hour access; learn more Username: Password:     Athens Login FORGOT your subscriber username and/or password? Get a reminder via email: The email I registered with is:  Not a subscriber? Subscribe Today PsychiatryOnline is a powerful website that features DSM-IV-TR® and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of an unsurpassed collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools. PsychiatryOnline’s innovative platform makes these resources easy and convenient to use, offering Precise and powerful searching across books and journals. Quick pathways to related material. Mobile access from any computer with a Web connection. Ability to download any book section to PDA. Links from bibliographic references to the full text of journal articles. References to material not located in the PsychiatryOnline collection lead you to PubMed. Learn more about PsychiatryOnline Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing PsychiatryOnline@psych.org or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).