Posted by littleone on December 13, 2004, at 20:46:25
In reply to Re: Prognosis » littleone, posted by fires on December 13, 2004, at 16:52:47
> No. Many sites made the same prognostic statement.
Of course they have. Many of these sites are medical based sites with the same symptoms/treatment/prognosis format.There are some excellent mental health sites out there and generally speaking you will find that they give a more thorough description of how treatment can or can't assist. One such site is at the below link (although I never seem to be able to make those rotten links work).
http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=476&cn=8
> If psychotherapy can't offer any more than "growth", I'd sugggest the BPDs take a look at pharmacologic treatments.
Quoted from the above site. I think it says it all:
"Like with all personality disorders, psychotherapy is the treatment of choice in helping people overcome this problem. While medications can usually help some symptoms of the disorder, they cannot help the patient learn new coping skills, emotion regulation, or any of the other important changes in a person's life."
Don't underestimate the value of growth Fires.
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