General Psychiatric Management for Adults with BPD

This workshop offers training in a treatment approach to borderline personality disorder (BPD) known as Good or General Psychiatric Management (GPM). 

This generalist approach to managing this prevalent, disabling, and sometimes fatal but treatable diagnosis is good enough for most clinicians and most patients, and provides mental health professionals guidelines they need to become skilled providers who can derive satisfaction from treating patients with BPD. 

On completion of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Explain the diagnosis to patients and families and establish reasonable expectations for change (psychoeducation)
• Manage the problem of recurrent suicidality and self-harm while limiting personal burden and professional liability by adhering to standards of care
• Identify when to prioritize BPD’s treatment and when to defer until a comorbid disorder is resolved
• Describe the management of conservative psychopharmacology when treating BPD