BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER SERVICE

UCSD Outpatient Psychiatric Services
140 Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 921300
Contact gwindt@ucsd.edu

Services Offered:

• Comprehensive evaluation
• Individual and Group Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Family education and skills training
• Psychopharmacologic evaluation and management
• Coordination with private therapist and/or psychiatrist
• Consultation and Training

For directions to UCSD OPS click here. Free parking in the parking garage is available. Please park in visitor spots and place a visitor permit on your dashboard. Visitor permits are available at the front desk on the second floor. Parking on the street is reserved for local residents; you will be ticketed unless you have a residential permit.

TARA Monthly Support Meetings for Family/Significant Others
Contact: Sandy Boone for dates and locations

Assessment Measures

• The Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time (BEST) is an short user-friendly self-report measure of BPD symptoms created by Bruce Pfohl, M.D. and Nancee Blum, M.S.W.
   
• The McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) by Mary C. Zanarini, EdD is a 10-item self-report measure that screens for the presence of BPD.
   
• The Zanarini Rating Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder (ZAN-BPD) by Mary C. Zanarini, EdD is a brief clinician administered interview to assess severity and change in BPD symptoms.

Useful links:

• The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD)
• Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center
• The Treatment and Research Advancements Association for Personality Disorder (TARA)
• Behavioral Tech, LLC
• Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation
• DBT Self Help

Suggested reading:

• Judd, P. H., & McGlashan, (2003). A developmental model of borderline personality disorder: Understanding variations in course and outcome. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
   
• Judd, P. H. (2005). Neurocognitive impairment as a moderator in the development of borderline personality disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 1173–1196.

Contact

Geralyn Windt by phone (619-497-6636) or email (gwindt@ucsd.edu)