title: Recent advances in the treatment of borderline personality disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine recent research on the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A narrative review of all recent controlled trials of therapy for patients with BPD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Various psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological methods can be used to reduce impulsivity and dysphoric mood in this disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is strong support for well-structured forms of psychotherapy, but evidence for pharmacotherapy in BPD is mixed. Treatment can usually be carried out in an outpatient setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. joel.paris@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs