While more common in correctional settings than in the community, Borderline Personality Disorder in males is underdiagnosed even in this setting. This presentation will explore the criteria for BPD and how these criteria manifest in a correctional setting; present current concepts about the biologic and genetic origins of BPD; and explore ways to adapt treatment modalities for BPD used in the community to correctional settings.

Educational Objectives

• Contrast Borderline Personality Disorder with Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Debate the neurobiologic underpinnings of Borderline Personality Disorder
• Express ways in which community paradigms for treatment of BPD can be adapted for correctional settings

Level Intermediate