...Keir Harding; Dan Warrender; Hollie Berrigan Purpose The use of long-term anti-psychotic medication for borderline personality disorder contravenes prescribing guidelines in the UK. There is evidence to suggest clozapine can be beneficial yet anecdotally it is prescribed almost exclusively...

...Andrew Ware; Anna Preston; Simon Draycott Purpose People with a borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis can require support from mental health services for managing risk behaviour. Current routine inpatient and community treatment can be unhelpful for this group. Positive risk taking has...

...Fiammetta Rocca; Chloe Finamore; Sally Stamp; Fiona Kuhn-Thompson; Oliver Dale Purpose National Institute for Clinical and Health Excellence guidelines (2009) state that low intensity psychological interventions should not be used for borderline personality disorder. However, an emerging body...

... assertive and holistic characterization of borderline personality disorder (BPD), the purpose of this paper is to explore borderline phenomenology, setting boundaries and discussing points of approach and divergence of this personality disorder comparing them specifically to bipolar affective disorder (BAD...

...Diarmaid Ó. Lonargáin; Suzanne Hodge; Rachael Line Purpose Previous research indicates that mentalisation-based treatment (MBT) is an effective therapeutic programme for difficulties associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The purpose of this paper is to explore service user...

... have people been getting on?” Anna D. Williams can be contacted at: anna.williams17@nhs.net © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Attachment theory Borderline Personality Disorder Therapeutic Community That is, they develop from egg to larva to mature adult, or imago. New...