Posted by Noa on July 6, 2001, at 15:25:39
In reply to Re: conflicting theories, posted by sar on July 6, 2001, at 10:02:45
It may also be that he is coming from the position that BPD is much to much of a catchall diagnosis, and perhaps he holds with people like Akiskal who suspect that many with the diagnosis of BPD really have some form of untreated bipolar spectrum disorder.
Borderline is a diagnosis heavily influenced by psychoanalytic thinking, and I am sure that many psychopharm oriented doctors don't find it a diagnosis that is of much use.
My position is always that a diagnosis is only useful if it is useful. If it helps to conceptualize it as Borderline PD, then do so, but it may be just as helpful to conceptualize things from a different perspective, as well, depending on which aspect of treatment you are focusing on at the moment.
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