How are Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder treated?
A combination of psychotherapy and medication appears to provide the best results for treatment of borderline personality disorder. Medications can be useful in reducing the anxiety, depression and disruptive impulses common in many BPD patients. Relief of such symptoms may help the individual deal with harmful patterns of thinking and interacting that disrupt their daily activities. For those suffering from a drug or alcohol addiction in conjunction with BPD, admission into a drug rehab, alcohol rehab, inpatient addiction treatment program or dual diagnosis treatment program may be indicated. Detox from drug addiction or alcohol addiction is usually the initial phase of treatment with the symptoms of borderline personality disorder addressed either simultaneously or when the patient is more stable. It is important to note, that the drug rehab, alcohol rehab or inpatient addiction treatment program should have a psychiatrist familiar with addiction treatment. Dual diagnosis treatment,
