title: Professionally indicated short-term risk-taking in the treatment of borderline personality disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To define and explore the rationale for professionally indicated short-term risk-taking in treating adults with borderline personality disorder, and discuss prerequisites for the approach, clinical implementation and medicolegal contexts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When prerequisites are met and clinical and medicolegal practice is sound and thorough, taking short-term risk, as part of a comprehensive treatment, is a legitimate professional consideration in working with some adults with borderline personality disorder.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Administration, Health Waikato, PO Box 934, Hamilton, New Zealand. roykrawitz@xtra.co.nz
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krawitz
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Connell
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Argyle
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bensemann
authors.forename: Cris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mileshkin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003482:Custodial Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011340:Problem Solving; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000092864:Suicide Prevention