A Deep Dive into Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorders
In this course, Dr. Malcolm Horn explains how borderline personality disorder (BPD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) can be understood through a clinical lens that integrates trauma, attachment, neurobiology, diagnostic nuance, and practical treatment strategy – especially when these presentations overlap with substance use and complex psychosocial contexts.
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This course is the second in a two-part series on this topic. The first course is named <a href="/catalogue/courses/personality-disorders-in-the-context-of-addiction">Personality Disorders in the Context of Addiction.</a>
About this course
In this course, presenter Dr. Malcolm Horn (Ph.D., LCSW, MAC, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Rimrock Foundation) introduces a structured, practice-oriented exploration of BPD and ASPD, including how rigid thinking patterns, emotion dysregulation, and impulsive interpersonal behaviour interact with trauma histories and system factors. The course highlights clinically common dilemmas – stigma and labelling, assessment in the presence of substance use, and how to keep clients engaged without reinforcing unsafe patterns – while offering real-world tools (e.g., DBT skills framing, rapport-building collaboration, and harm-reduction thinking where insight is limited).
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