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Borderline or Bipolar: Can 3 Questions Differentiate Them?
The Prisoner’s Dilemma paradigm separates the two, but that’s not practical as a clinical tool. Borderline or Bipolar: Can 3 Questions Differentiate Them? January 10, 2017 | Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorders By James Phelps, MD Treatments for borderlinity and bipolarity are quite different. Which approach should you consider for a patient with impulsive risk-taking, episodes of irritability and hostility, fractured relationships, substance use problems, and severe depressions with brief phases of remission (maybe too good?) in between? The Prisoner’s Dilemma paradigm separates the two,1 but that’s not practical as a clinical tool. What if you could pluck just 3 items from a standard bipolar screening questionnaire and increase your diagnostic…
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Alan Fruzzetti speaks at McLean on Family Skills and Family Interactions with BPD
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