PsychEd Episode 32: Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder with Dr. Robert Biskin and Dr. Ronald Fraser

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode covers the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder with expert guests:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Robert Biskin, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, psychiatrist at the Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic at the McGill University Health Centre, as well as inpatient psychiatrist at the Jewish General Hospital.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Ronald Fraser, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, Adjunct Professor at Dalhousie University, head of the Inpatient Detoxification Services and Addictions Unit, as well as director of the Extended Care Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic at the McGill University Health Centre.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the end of this episode, you should be able to…</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">List the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria of borderline personality disorder.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recall the epidemiology of borderline personality disorder.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Consider the risk factors and posited causal mechanisms for borderline personality disorder, including developmental and neurobiological mechanisms. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Discuss the clinical presentation of borderline personality in different clinical settings, including the Emergency and Outpatient settings. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recognize the differential diagnoses for patients presenting with borderline personality disorder.</span></li> <li style=