Distinguishing borderline personality disorder from bipolar disorder: differential diagnosis and implications

Article Abstract:

Borderline personality disorder is oftentimes difficult to distinguish from bipolar disorder and wrong diagnosis can lead to ineffective treatment. A patient is also sometimes both at the same time, in which case, a combined pharmacological and psychosocial treatment is needed. One clinical case illustrates how a patient was treated as having bipolar disorder when she actually was suffering from borderline personality disorder. The latter diagnosis was established after analyzing the patient's family, past psychiatric, developmental and recent psychiatric treatment histories.

Diagnosis, Mental illness, Bipolar disorder, Psychiatric diagnosis

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A little cream and sugar: psychotherapy with a borderline patient

Article Abstract:

Patients undergoing psychotherapy must be provided with personalized psychodynamic therapy within a context of manifold treatment programs. Despite culminating abruptly with limited degrees of change, such therapies may provide isolation of splitting, which reduces self-destructiveness. The pharmacotherapy and personalized therapy should also be coupled with psychoeducational activities and cognitive behavior or interpersonal group therapy.

Usage, Case studies, Drug therapy, Cognitive therapy, Psychodynamic psychotherapy

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