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Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Specific disorders & therapies > General
Over the past two decades considerable progress has been made in
developing specialist psychosocial treatments for borderline
personality disorder (BPD), yet the majority of people with BPD
receive treatment within generalist mental health services, rather
than specialist treatment centres. This is a book for general
mental health professionals who treat people with borderline
personality disorder (BPD). It offers practical guidance on how to
help people with BPD with advice based on research evidence. After
a discussion of the symptoms of BPD, the authors review all the
generalist treatment interventions that have resulted in good
outcomes in randomised controlled trials, when compared with
specialist treatments, and summarise the effective components of
these interventions. The treatment strategies are organised into a
structured approach called Structured Clinical Management (SCM),
which can be delivered by general mental health professionals
without extensive additional training. The heart of the book
outlines the principles underpinning SCM and offers a step-by-step
guide to the clinical intervention. Practitioners can learn the
interventions easily and develop more confidence in treating people
with BPD. In addition, a chapter is devoted to how to help families
- an issue commonly neglected when treating patients with BPD.
Finally the authors discuss the top 10 strategies for delivering
treatment and outline how the general mental health clinician can
deliver these strategies competently.
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