Borderline personality disorder (BPD) impacts a person’s ability to regulate their emotions. This can affect how a person feels about themselves, increase impulsivity, and negatively impact their relationships with others. This episode covers the criteria for a BPD diagnosis, as well as the symptoms of this disorder. Effective treatments for BPD are available, and this episode also explores treatment options, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Dr. Beth Brodsky Associate Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology in Psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Brodsky is also the Associate Director of the Suicide Prevention Initiative at the Center for Practice Innovations at the New York State Psychiatric Center. Her areas of expertise include research and psychotherapeutic treatment of self-destructive behavior in borderline personality disorder, which is the focus of this episode. She has published numerous articles and chapters on the topics of suicidal risk and treatment of suicidal behavior and borderline personality disorder. She is trained in dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and teaches DBT to psychiatry residents and psychology trainees. She has a private practice in Manhattan.
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