Good Psychiatric Management of Borderline Personality Disorder: Foundations and Future Challenges
Abstract
Borderline personality disorder is a common condition characterized by numerous comorbid conditions, frequent use of clinical services, and an elevated lifetime risk for suicide. Good psychiatric management (GPM) was developed for patients with borderline personality disorder with the purpose of supporting wider community adoption and dissemination compared with existing therapies. The authors aimed to review the foundations and development of GPM, in particular the initial Canadian study assessing the therapy. They then reviewed the progress in research arising from the initial study and explored the research and educational opportunities needed to further the development of GPM for patients with borderline personality disorder. Research has indicated that patients with borderline personality disorder with complex comorbid conditions and impulsivity may benefit from GPM. Future research needs include noninferiority and equivalence studies comparing GPM with another evidence-based treatment; studies demonstrating that evidence-based therapies for borderline personality disorder improve functioning; and research on more accessible therapies, mechanisms of action for evidence-based therapies, extending therapies to patients with borderline personality disorder and significant comorbid conditions, and modifying therapies for men with borderline personality disorder. Attention should be directed toward testing stepped care models and integrating therapies such as GPM into psychiatric training programs. GPM is in development but shows promise as a therapy that is effective and accessible and that can be widely disseminated.
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