Hope For Struggling Families: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents

On this episode of Beyond the Balance Sheet, Dr. Blaise Aguirre, MD, a child, adolescent psychiatrist, and Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School speaks with Diana to discuss borderline personality disorder. Dr. Aguirre addresses the reluctance in diagnosing borderline personality disorder and dives into what effective treatment modalities there are for borderline personality disorder. Tune in as Dr. Aguirre discusses how emotional temperament can be genetic and shares the tips he has for parents who have a child with borderline personality disorder.
IN THIS EPISODE:
[03:35] Dr. Aguirre explains why clinicians are so reluctant to diagnose borderline personality disorder.
[07:20] There are a few theories around treatment for borderline personality disorder. Dr. Aguirre dives into the importance of regulating emotions and relationships.
[11:40] The tools that Dr. Aguirre recommends for fixing any problem.
[15:50] Are financial resources an advantage for people with a borderline personality disorder?
[18:10] Tips for parents who have a child with borderline personality disorder.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
When there are no quick treatments for a mental health disorder, therapists can be very reluctant to diagnose someone with it.
People with a borderline personality diagnosis at 22 may not have that diagnosis at 30.
Sixty percent of emotional temperament is genetic. People with borderline personality disorder tend to have family members with this condition.
The first step to fixing any problem is to understand exactly what the problem is.

[@happygucci5094]

If your profession had to caution you about a population with a certain diagnosis...it is disparaging.

[@mygorjesslife5505]

This video perfectly explains my situation wow

[@Star-dj1kw]

good video ✅

[@merlinspot]

It would be of great help if you get the Proffesor to talk about the dynamicas in a relationship where one of the partners shows strong behaviour and reactions as in BPD patterns, and how to deal with the effect on the own siblings. Thank you.

[@dianenlc8284]

BPD is also a symptom of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)- organic brain damage caused by mum's drinking alcohol in pregnancy. Other symptoms of FASD include; ASD, ADHD, Learning disabilities and over 400 other co-morbidities. It would be great if you could cover FASD on your channel. There needs to be a public health campaign alerting mothers to the dangers of drinking alcohol when planning a pregnancy and when pregnant.

[@rationalthinker2724]

Please let me know the name of your clinic

[@alvodin6197]

It's been well established BPD is much correlated with non attuned mother, rather than bad things happening. Unfortunately, psychiatry and psychology doesn't look at evidence, nor do they consider family dynamics..alll they do is :This behaviour is bad, we need to correct it. How can you correct when you don't understand that brain development happens in an environment, especially the relationship between the mother and child, the first few years. We cannot start a conversation without acknowledging it's implications..number two: In order to control behaviours and change them, we need to understand how the brain processes information. It has lass through filters that automated and subconscious processes before reaching the rational brain, which will be able to respond, instead of just react. There's a reason why people abusive relationships don't know how to leave, and shaming them doesn't help. The entire field of psychology and psychiatry is a shit show.

[@nagitosrightfoot5574]

well said

[@Zarathustran]

Genetic? 🙄 The genome has been sequenced for a dozen years. Behavioral heritability within families of course appears "genetic".