An Updated Model for the First-Time Hospitalization of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder: Two Illustrative Case Reports

Patients with borderline personality disorder can be difficult to treat on psychiatric units, especially since long-stay units
specializing in the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder are now few and far between. With the shorter
length of hospital stay today, clinicians must work hard to establish the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, adjust
medications, stabilize the patient, and then find the appropriate outpatient treatment plan. Future research is needed to
figure out the best way to accomplish these tasks and to identify which patients with borderline personality disorder respond
to which treatments.