The Applications of Mindfulness Techniques in Management of Borderline Personality Disorder | Chapter 8 | Recent Updates in Disease and Health Research Vol. 5

Many biopsychosocial models of borderline personality disorder (BPD) center on emotion dysregulation, which is frequently addressed in the psychosocial therapies that are linked to the management of disorder. For those with BPD diagnoses, a number of different specialized psychotherapies are believed to be helpful, but it's uncertain if they have similar changing mechanisms. Many psychotherapies include mindfulness as a component. However, its usefulness in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is still unclear. The purpose of the concern study is to examine the effect of mindfulness practices in management of borderline personality disorder incorporating with medication. A sample of 50 borderline old patients [clinical diagnosis having the borderline personality disorder (BPD) severity score more than 20 points on [BPDSI] was purposively selected for the study. The patients were given the regular medication incorporating the mindfulness exercises. After 6 months, the symptoms were checked through mental health checklist. A mental health checklist was administered through professionals before and after incorporating the mindfulness with the medication. Study revealed that most commonly improved symptoms were affective instability, inappropriate anger, and feeling of emptiness. Kundalini Yoga (64%) and Sudarshan Kriya (58%) were proved most effective mindfulness practices in decreasing the symptoms of BPD. The study revealed that mindfulness practices have a vast impact in decreasing the symptoms of BPD, while incorporating with medications. The author of this article also addressed several mindfulness techniques that have been shown to be more successful in symptom reduction. They also aim to advocate for the inclusion of mindfulness training in helping professions such as social work courses. Professionals are including mindfulness meditation trainings into their treatment regimens these days since it promotes physical and mental stability. Training of mindfulness/meditation is a requirement of social work practice nowadays. It could be valuable in social work education to explore their own thinking, to evaluate their own personality traits and behavioral patterns. These practices naturally enhance creativity and imagination.

Author(s) Details:

Mamta Trichal,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

Pradeep Kumar,
Psychiatric Social Work, State Institute of Mental Health, PT., B. D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

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