Is BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) actually a stress sensitivity disorder? Lois ChoiKain discusses the relationship between BPD and stress, introducing us to a broader view of the disorder than either the interpersonal disturbance or emotion dysregulation model.

Dr. ChoiKain is a powerhouse in the BPD treatment world. Her short bio:

"Dr. ChoiKain is a leader in the Good or General Psychiatric Management (GPM) approach developed by her mentor John Gunderson, M.D. with his longtime collaborator Paul Links, M.D. GPM aims to be a generic form of BPD centered care that is more accessible and just plain good treatment.

Lois W. ChoiKain, MEd, MD, is the director of the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute. The institute provides training and supervision for numerous proven treatments, including mentalizationbased treatment (MBT), dialectical behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (DBTPTSD), transference focused psychotherapy (TFP), and general psychiatric management (GPM). She works nationally and internationally to expand teaching efforts on borderline personality disorder and its evidencebased treatments and engages in research to study resources for training clinicians who need direction and patients who need access to informed care. With her mentor, John Gunderson, Dr. ChoiKain developed a training program for GPM and has been expanding its applications.

In 2009, Dr. ChoiKain developed the Gunderson Residence, a specialized residential program for adult women with severe personality disorders. In 2013, she founded the BPD Training Institute, a major center for proliferating awareness of and evidencebased care for severe personality disorders. Dr. ChoiKain has also developed training clinics in McLean’s Adult Outpatient Services for treatment approaches such as MBT and DBTPTSD."



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