This reference guide contains information about how to care for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). It is a summary of the 2012 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Clinical practice guideline for the management of borderline personality disorder1 (‘full BPD guideline’). The full guideline and reference guide are intended for health professionals, including Aboriginal health workers, clinical psychologists, general practitioners, mental health nurses, mental health occupational therapists, mental health social workers, midwives, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and staff of emergency services. Health professionals should refer to the full guideline for more detailed guidance, summaries of the clinical evidence on which the guidance is based, and references.

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