Christopher Wurm wrote:
I would add my voice to the recommendation to use the SANE website:
http://www.sane.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=308&op=page
I have printed off the handouts to give to patients, who have often had
the experience of being told they had Borderline Personality Disorder,
but feeling rejected - again, and not being understood.
Thanks, Chris. This is what I was trying to discuss and learn about.
If I diagnose the patient (or somebody else diagnoses him or her, and I
agree with that diagnosis) as having borderline personality disorder, I
believe that it is important to find a supportive and helpful way to
explain to the patient what we mean by that, to help the patient to find
ways to function as well as possible, to avoid or handle crises as well
possible, and to help the patient to pick up the pieces after any crises
that occur.
The fact sheet on the SANE Website is very good. I will use it.
--
Oliver Frank, general practitioner
255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens, South Australia 5086
Phone 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 Mobile 0407 181 683
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