Programs for Personality Disorder

Personality disorder, also known as borderline personality disorder, is a mental illness where a person experiences an extreme range of moods and behaviors. It typically begins in adolescence and continues throughout adulthood.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), it’s estimated that 1.6 percent of the adult U.S. population has borderline personality disorder, but that number could be as high as 5.9 percent. In addition, nearly 75 percent of people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder are women.

At The Phoenix Recovery Center, we offer individualized treatment programs for mental health disorders, including treatment for borderline personality disorder. In addition, we know and understand the science of chemical dependency with its associated neurological changes and its impact upon the pleasure system, emotions, learning, memory, motivation, and most importantly, the ability to exercise choice. We know and understand the biological and psychological science that support treatments in trauma, emotional disorders, and other mental health concerns.

Below is information relating to borderline personality disorder and our treatment programs.

Borderline personality disorder is a condition that affects a person’s emotions for extended periods of time. It impacts the way they think about themselves and others, causing strain in current and future relationships. Those with borderline personality disorder exhibit impulsive actions as well as intense episodes of depression, anger and anxiety than can last for days. Causes of personality disorder range from genetics to social factors, such as childhood experiences.

Borderline personality disorder symptoms include:

• Frantic efforts to avoid imagined or real abandonment from family and friends
• View things in extremes (all good or all bad)
• Unstable self-image (quickly changing values, goals and relationships)
• Dangerous impulsive behaviors (substance abuse, gambling, reckless driving, excessive spending, unsafe sex, etc.)
• Chronic feelings of emptiness
• Inappropriate and intense anger
• Suicidal threats
• Periods of stress and paranoia

It’s important to note that not everyone with borderline personality disorder experiences every symptom listed above.

In addition, the staff at The Phoenix Recovery Center is passionate about total behavioral health in overcoming addiction. They deeply care about each person who they work with. Often our alumni comment on the profound impact of our staff members in encouraging them on their path to living a fulfilling life. Those who come to The Phoenix Recovery Center can realize a rebirth of their own dreams as they achieve their own sobriety and much, much more. And that makes all the difference.

The Phoenix Difference constitutes a carefully tailored program and recovery experience defined by research. Every effort is directed at supporting outcomes that prepare patients and their families with both the knowledge and applied behaviors to manage mental health disorders and to reclaim a meaningful life.

Furthermore, The Phoenix Recovery Center is driven by the guiding mission statement: “Empowering individuals and families suffering from addiction and mental health disorders, to celebrate life through lasting solutions.” We accomplish the therapeutic and healing experience through a continuum of care that begins with Residential Treatment and traverses across a Day Program, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), to General Outpatient (GOP). Lastly, the continuum of care culminates in a weekly Alumni Support Meeting, which provides a recovery support community to sustain the recovery capital of The Phoenix Alumni.