Reports and Proceedings American Psychiatric Association WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 9, 2024—The American Psychiatric Association (APA) today published an updated Practice Guideline for Treatment of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. The guideline provides recommendations on evidence-based assessment, treatment planning, and psychosocial interventions and pharmacotherapy treatments. Borderline personality disorder is classified among the personality disorders and affects 1.4%-2.7%...
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New thesis calls compulsory care of people with borderline personality disorder into question
JUNE 19, 2024 by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHow do caregivers reason when deciding to treat patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) under compulsory care? Is compulsory care ethically defensible? A new thesis by psychiatrist Antoinette Lundahl tries to answer these questions and concludes that there is much to indicate that compulsory care does...
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Study finds that psychopaths remain just as bad, or worse, as they age
by University of Otago Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anyone waiting for a sociopath to grow up or calm down should give up; they will not change, a new study has revealed. The research, published in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, surveyed more than 1,200 partners, family members and friends of psychopaths—93% reported they were...