Borderline Personality Disorder and Self-Injurious Behaviours-Attention-Seeking or Attachment-Seeking? Psychopharmacological Considerations.

High rates of both suicidality and NSSI in individuals with BPD indicate the severity of the distress experienced by many of those diagnosed. It behoves clinicians to delve into the many disparate determinants these behaviours might subserve, in order to inform tailored and effective treatment decisions.