How is Borderline personality disorder treated?
Different forms of psychotherapy have been found to effectively treat BPD. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an approach to psychotherapy in which the therapist specifically addresses four areas that tend to be particularly problematic for individuals with BPD: self-image, impulsive behaviors, mood instability, and problems in relating to others. To address those areas, DBT tries to build four major behavioral skill areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Talk therapy that focuses on helping the person understand how their thoughts and behaviors affect each other (cognitive behavioral therapy) has also been found to be effective treatment for BPD. Other psychotherapy approaches that have been used to address BPD include interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and psychoanalytic therapy. ITP is an approach that focuses on how the person’s symptoms are related to the problems that person has in relating to others. Psychoanalytic therap
