Borderline consultation

Who is our offer aimed at?

The borderline consultation is aimed at people who would like to participate in our specialized treatment program "Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy" according to M. Linehan, for which we are certified by the umbrella organization DBT. This is a 12-week inpatient psychotherapeutic treatment for patients who meet the criteria for borderline personality disorder.

Contact

You can register for the borderline consultation through the polyclinic/university outpatient clinic.

Please bring an inpatient referral slip from your family doctor or neurologist with you to the outpatient appointment!

Office, registration and appointments:

+49 7071 29-82302

psychiatrische-hochschulambulanz@med.uni-tuebingen.de

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When does it make sense to complete a special program?

When you frequently experience a strong inner tension and are flooded with feelings.
When the tension and feelings become so painful that you act impulsively and deliberately take risks (drug and alcohol use, binge eating, vomiting, reckless driving, shopping sprees, etc.).
If, during periods of high tension, you feel other people are talking about them or trying to hurt you, if you "drift off," experience the world "as if in a dream," or feel you are "beside yourself."
If you have no sense of who you are and you have difficulty making decisions.
If you sometimes suffer from feelings of emptiness and sometimes from severe emotional swings.
If you experience violent shifts between "closeness and distance" in interpersonal relationships.
If you are doing everything you can to avoid being abandoned.
When crises can trigger suicidality (suicidal intentions), suicide threats and self-harm.
When you have to scream or destroy objects in the context of uncontrollable rage, for example.

What can I expect in the borderline consultation?

Before the consultation you will be asked to fill in various questionnaires.
The interview lasts about 75 minutes. First, it is important that you briefly describe your current problem. Afterwards, a diagnostic interview will be conducted with you.
If there is an indication for treatment, we will discuss with you in the feedback interview (usually a second appointment is made for this) which treatment options we offer and which prerequisites are necessary for this.
The outpatient diagnostic interview is the first step if you would like to participate in the Dialectical-Behavioural Therapy Programme (DBT) on Ward 22. This is a full inpatient treatment programme.
You may also be offered to participate in a research project. Our working group "Borderline Personality Disorder" conducts various studies, e.g. to better understand the mechanisms of action of psychotherapy or to develop and evaluate questionnaires for a better diagnosis of borderline symptomatology.