Personality Disorder Treatment at Restore

Restore offers personality disorder treatment for borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder and more. Learn more about your options.

An estimated 3 million adults in Florida live with a mental illness, according to Mental Health America. While depression and anxiety get the most media attention, many people also live with a personality disorder that can affect their ability to build relationships, communicate with others and maintain a healthy lifestyle. If you suspect you have one of these conditions, Restore Mental Health offers personality disorder treatment in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

What Are the Types of Personality Disorders?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders divides personality disorders into three clusters. Each cluster shares similar symptoms, but the disorders can manifest in different ways.

Cluster A

Cluster A personality disorders produce odd, eccentric or paranoid behaviors. This leads people with these conditions to avoid others and struggle with close relationships. These disorders include:

• Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD)
• Schizoid Personality Disorder (ScPD)
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder (STPD)

Cluster B

Cluster B personality disorders lead to unstable emotions and relationships. People with these disorders might experience mood swings, manipulative tendencies, hypercritical or antisocial patterns, substance use, a lack of empathy or an intense fear of abandonment. These disorders include:

• Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)
• Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD)
• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)

Cluster C

Cluster C personality disorders often have anxiety-related symptoms. At first glance, people with these conditions might appear to have anxiety, depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These disorders include:

• Avoidant Personality Disorder (AVPD)
• Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD)
• Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

If you suspect that you have one of these conditions, reach out to Restore Mental Health. Our staff has the tools to give you a diagnosis.

Levels of Care

Residential Treatment

Residential personality disorder treatment allows individuals to stay at the facility while they focus on recovery. Each resident gets a clean room and a daily schedule that includes classes, therapy sessions, healthy meals, exercise periods and wellness activities. Unlike inpatient treatment, which usually involves involuntary hospitalization, residential treatment is completely voluntary. However, we highly recommend completing the program before leaving.

Partial-hospitalization Programs

Partial-hospitalization programs include several hours of classes, therapy and medical care each day. After the program ends, individuals can go home for the night before returning in the morning. As a result, they can start to resume their daily activities without losing the program’s support.

Intensive Outpatient Programs

Once residents graduate from residential or partial-hospitalization programs, they usually transfer to an intensive outpatient program. These programs have a shorter time commitment and a flexible schedule. Individuals can return home and go back to work, then visit Restore for classes and therapy on days, nights or weekends.

If you recognize these patterns in yourself or someone you love, help is available. Reach out for a confidential, no-pressure conversation about care options in Deerfield Beach.

A Look at Borderline Personality Disorder

People with borderline personality disorder often feel intense negative emotions like anger or sadness that can last for hours or even days. The varying moods that generally accompany a personality disorder then trigger impulsive actions that tend to have a negative effect on the individual’s stability and well-being. Their behaviors can impact their relationships, finances and careers. Without treatment to manage this condition, people with borderline personality disorder are likely to continue to experience symptoms, such as:

• Fear of abandonment and rejection
• Rapid or extreme changes in self-identity
• Impulsive or risk-taking behaviors
• Pattern of unstable relationships
• Stress-related paranoia
• Extreme mood swings that can last for days
• Inappropriate displays of anger
• Making threats of self-harm or suicide

These symptoms can have a devastating impact on the individual’s own life experience and those close to them. With residential treatment for borderline personality disorder and ongoing management, individuals can find relief from these challenges.

Counseling Options in Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment

Counseling helps individuals identify problematic patterns of thinking and behaving so they can begin to make changes. While thought patterns can become quite ingrained, individuals can develop strategies for making and maintaining those important changes in the ways they think and function. With treatment and aging, many people find that the unwelcome symptoms of their BPD diminish and, for some, even disappear.

Effective Methods of Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

There are many different forms of psychotherapy, but residential treatment for borderline personality disorder often involves a few key methods that we’ll outline here:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a common treatment for many different types of mental health disorders. During this type of therapy, a trained counselor works with the individual over several sessions to learn how to more effectively manage their emotions, identify and change their unwanted behaviors, and embrace new perspectives.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Similar to cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) focuses on skill building as a means to successfully manage emotions and tolerate stress. The strong focus on building healthy coping skills can lead to the positive changes that are associated with the condition’s improvement and successful management.

Mentalization-Based Therapy

Mentalization-based therapy (MBT) features a strong focus on mindfulness and viewing situations through alternative perspectives before acting. Individuals practice taking time to create alternative perspectives, knowing that their initial perspective could be the wrong one. In this way, they learn to take time to think before they react.

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy

Transference-focused psychotherapy places a strong focus on the client-therapist relationship. During therapy, the therapist helps the individual transfer their patterns of thinking to the session so that the therapist gains important insights into the internal world of the person. The therapist can then help the person explore the triggers for their fear or anger, helping them to develop a more realistic view of themselves and others.

Importance of Medical Integration for Borderline Personality Disorder

It’s not uncommon for people with BPD to require medication for anxiety, depression, or some other mental health issue associated with their diagnosis. No drugs specifically treat BPD, but various medications reduce the anxiety that so frequently accompanies this condition.

Medications such as antipsychotics (prescribed for those suffering from paranoia), as well as antidepressants (that treat both depression and anxiety), can help alleviate many of the symptoms that people with BPD may experience. When their anxiety is more under control, they often find it easier to employ the strategies they’ve learned for changing their thought patterns and focusing on other strategies for improving their reactions to their thoughts and the behaviors of others.

Can You Manage Borderline Personality Disorder?

Many people with BPD respond well to therapy, medication and residential personality disorder treatment. Once they’ve learned how to reframe their thoughts and build healthy, stable relationships, they find relief from their symptoms and enter long-term remission. However, it’s important for individuals to stay in therapy, practice the techniques that they’re learning and commit themselves to meeting their goals.

Seek Personality Disorder Treatment Today

When you need help, Restore Mental Health is your source for residential personality disorder treatment in Deerfield Beach. Restore is accredited by both CARF and the Joint Commission, and our team includes an on-site psychiatrist and therapists who specialize in DBT.