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Lois W. Choi‐Kain, M.D., M.Ed., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute, McLean Hospital.
As many as 22% of adolescents seeking mental health care in outpatient clinics, and as many as 49% of those in inpatient units, meet the diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Despite its prevalence, however, and the social and economic burden it entails, BPD remains underdiagnosed. For mental health professionals treating adolescents, sufficient training regarding the fundamentals and clinical management of BPD also remains difficult to come by.