title: [The hospital's contribution to the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorders].
abstract: Borderline patients, because of their symptomatology are frequent users of health care services (mental and physical). A recent review of the literature shows that the authors of this article favor a treatment within the community that should be eclectic, on a long-term basis and with varied intensity. The hospital is part of the therapeutic tools available for the treatment of these patients and should serve to contain crisis, specify diagnosis and to prepare and reinforce a rapid return in their community. Exceptionally, a prolonged hospitalization (> 6 months) would be indicated especially for adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Institut Philippe Pinel de Montréal.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morissette
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parisien
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Contribution de l'hôpital au traitement du patient borderline.