Borderline Personality Disorder Related Content

Redefining Recovery: The Quiet Revolution at the Gunderson Residence

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most stigmatized and misunderstood mental health diagnoses. Despite being both common and treatable, it has long been the subject of skepticism, fear, and even avoidance—both by the public and within the clinical community. An estimated 1.4% to 5.9...

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...

3East: McLean’s Unique Approach to Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Every Monday at 9am, 3East leadership holds a unique two-hour session that is part support group, part tutorial. The participants, who join in person or by conference call, are learning the ins and outs of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Each is a parent of a child who is—or has been—part of the...

Paying It Forward Through a Paycheck

Sue Callori needs only to glance at her arms to remember the tools she uses when the going gets tough. On her right arm her tattoos read: “Challenge your thoughts,” “Radical acceptance,” and “Distraction,” and on her left: “This too shall pass.” The writings remind her of what she learned during her...

In Memoriam: John G. Gunderson, MD

John G. Gunderson, MD, a pioneer in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, died at home on January 11, 2019, while surrounded by his family. The cause was prostate cancer. Dr...

John Gunderson: Borderline Personality Disorder Trailblazer

As a young psychiatrist, John G. Gunderson, MD, was fascinated by certain patients that he, and even his more experienced colleagues, struggled to diagnose and treat. They were challenging and sometimes erratic. They would cut or burn themselves. Often, they would grasp on to one person as their...

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: Patient Story – Aaron

Watch Aaron’s story on how he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and taught the skills he needs to manage his mental illness.

Video: McLean Hospital – A Leader in Mental Health

As a leader in the field, McLean Hospital is committed to offering world-class patient care, conducting cutting-edge research, and delivering exceptional education for mental health professionals and the general public.

Grateful Family Helps McLean Expand Access to Care

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex mental illness characterized by emotional hypersensitivity and unstable behaviors that is often misdiagnosed. Some clinicians avoid patients with BPD, believing they are difficult to work with and have poor outcomes. And the most effective evidence...