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Pilot Study Assesses Online Education as First Step for BPD Treatment

Psychoeducation is a common feature of effective treatments for borderline personality disorder (BPD), as patients need to understand the illness and the problems for which their treatments are prescribed. Lois W. Choi-Kain, MD, MEd, director of the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute at...

Video: How Is Borderline Personality Disorder Treated?

What are the common treatments for BPD? McLean’s Dr. Lois Choi-Kain talks about different treatment options including first-line therapies like general psychiatric management, dialectical behavior therapy, and more. Treatment for BPD According to Choi-Kain, “What we know works in the treatment of...

Video: Learn More About BPD: What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?

What is borderline personality disorder? How do you recognize the signs and symptoms of BPD? McLean’s Dr. Lois Choi-Kain answers common questions to help us better understand this disorder. What Is BPD? Borderline personality disorder is a problem of pervasive instability in many areas of...

Video: The Role of Emotion Regulation and Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is fundamentally a disorder of instability, whether in relationships, emotions, behavior, or self-regulation. These instabilities can impact not just our day-to-day, but our relationship with our loved ones. So how can we acknowledge our vulnerabilities, control...

Training the Next Generation to Treat Borderline Personality Disorder

Alexandra Yogman, LICSW, recalls the first time she talked alone with a patient with borderline personality disorder (BPD). It was 2015, and as part of her social work master’s degree program, she was interning on McLean’s Short Term Unit. She had spent several months shadowing experienced...

Video: Compassion Fatigue – Helping Family Members Cope With BPD

Hosted by Lois W. Choi-Kain, MEd, MD, McLean Hospital Compassion fatigue is a term that describes the way in which caregivers who are constantly giving are frequently at risk for mental instability and illness. Compassion fatigue symptoms are displays of chronic stress including isolation from...

Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute

The Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute at McLean Hospital was founded in 2013 to elevate awareness and training for evidence-based treatments for borderline personality disorder (BPD) and accompanying psychiatric conditions. Led by director Lois W. Choi-Kain, MEd, MD, the Gunderson Institute...