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Abbreviations
ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; APA, American Psychiatric Association; BMI,
body mass index; BPD, borderline personality disorder; DBT, dialectical behavior therapy;
DDP, dynamic deconstructive psychotherapy; ECG, electrocardiography; ED, emergency
department; GPM, good psychiatric management; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; MBT,
mentalization-based treatment; MDD, major depressive disorder; PTSD, posttraumatic stress
disorder; SFT, schema-focused therapy; STEPPS, systems training for emotional predictability
and problem solving; TFP, transference-focused psychotherapy
Source
American Psychiatric Association: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with
Borderline Personality Disorder, Second Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric
Publishing 2025.
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Grading Recommendations
Grade Description
1 Recommendation: Denotes confidence that the benefits of the intervention
clearly outweigh the harms.
2 Suggestion: Denotes benefits that are viewed as outweighing harms, but the
balance is more difficult to judge and patient values and preferences may be
more variable.
Grade Strength of Evidence
A High confidence: High confidence that the evidence reflects the true effect.
Further research is very unlikely to change the estimate of effect and our
confidence in it.
B Moderate confidence: Moderate confidence that the evidence reflects the
true effect. Further research may change the estimate of effect and our
confidence in it.
C Low confidence: Low confidence that the evidence reflects the true effect.
Further research is likely to change the estimate of effect and our confidence
in it.
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