MHApps BPD – Be Aware Of Medication Limitations – BPD EUPD GP Health Professional
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The temptation to prescribe medication to alleviate an individual’s distress is immense. There is often an expectation from the patient that you will prescribe. If they can manage a crisis without external pharmacological assistance, this will greatly enhance their perceived self-efficacy and confidence for future crises. It will assist them in accepting responsibility for things being different and reduce the tendency to view themselves as sick. Co-morbid conditions such as a major depressive episode should be treated in their own right but will not prevent the reactivity that is characteristic of BPD / EUPD.