Lois W. Choi-kain, MD

Articles by Lois W. Choi-kain, MD

Mini Quiz: Borderline Personality Disorder

ByLois W. Choi-kain, MD

August 3rd 2018

Do personality disorders get a bad rap? Take the quiz and learn more.

Borderline Personality Disorder: Treatment Resistance Reconsidered

ByLois W. Choi-kain, MD,Ethan I. Glasserman,Ellen F. Finch

November 27th 2017

While treatment of bipolar disorder challenging , the notion that it is treatment resistant is contradicted by longitudinal and treatment research that indicates high rates of remission over time, moderate rates of recovery, and significant response to structured treatments tailored to symptoms.

Mini Quiz: Mentalization-Based Treatment Goals

ByLois W. Choi-kain, MD

May 5th 2016

What are the benefits of traditional psychoanalytic concepts and new discoveries of mentalization-based treatment?

Mentalization-Based Treatment: A Common-Sense Approach to Borderline Personality Disorder

ByLois W. Choi-kain, MD,Brandon T. Unruh, MD

March 31st 2016

MBT presents a compromise to bridge the valuable history of psychoanalytic ideas to both modern psychiatric research as well as present public health needs and practice.

Treatment Resistance in a Woman With Borderline Personality Disorder

ByLois W. Choi-kain, MD,John G. Gunderson, MD

March 25th 2013

Patients with borderline personality disorder or narcissistic personality disorder (or both) can feel entitled to special treatment and often seek only approving forms of attention from those who treat them.

Borderline Personality Disorder and Resistance to Treatment

ByLois W. Choi-kain, MD,John G. Gunderson, MD

July 31st 2009

Historically, borderline patients were considered “help-rejecting complainers.” Clinicians should actively treat both mood/anxiety symptoms and BPD symptoms.