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Child Personality Disorders Program

Personality disorders can affect how young people experience emotions, relationships, and sense of self. The specialists at Mass General Brigham provide customized treatment and compassionate care for teens and young adults with many different types of personality disorders.
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Personalized care for young people with personality disorders

Mass General Brigham—which includes McLean Hospital, a U.S. News & World Report top-ranked psychiatric care facility—offers specialized programs for adolescents and young adults with personality disorders. For example, our dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) programs, known collectively as 3East, provide structured, evidence-based care for a range of emotional and behavioral challenges.

Our approach values the balance of acceptance and change. We’re committed to personalized evaluations, multispecialty treatment plans, trauma-informed care, and skills-building that support long-term growth.

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Our approach to personality disorder care for children and adolescents

Our continuum of care offers young people the treatment they need in settings that allow them to focus on recovery. We help teens and young adults find the safety and support they need to manage their symptoms.
Intensive residential programs

When needed, we provide concentrated, 24-hour care for teens who require residential treatment through our 3East Residential Program. This self-pay program offers an immersive curriculum that includes six hours of daily group, individual, and family therapy, along with skills coaching and support groups. Teens also receive psychiatric assessment and medication management as part of their care. The typical length of stay is a minimum of 42 days.

Our outpatient program is the only level of care that accepts insurance and also offers a self-pay option.

Residential assessment program
During this two-week stay, we assess young adults ages 14 to 21. Our around-the-clock evaluations help ensure teens and young adults get accurate diagnoses and informed treatment recommendations.
Partial hospitalization
This outpatient day program offers an additional level of care for high school students struggling with self-harm, suicidal ideation, and other high-risk or impulsive behaviors. Teens receive group and individual DBT, along with medication consultations to support their overall function. Program participants receive treatment on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for four to six weeks.
Outpatient care
Our outpatient programs include individual and family therapy, skills groups, and coaching. Treatment is tailored to each patient and focuses on improving emotional regulation, reducing high-risk behaviors, and strengthening relationships.
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Our approach
It’s common for teens with BPD to experience other mental health conditions and symptoms. We provide easy access to consultations for eating disorders, trauma, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and other challenges.
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Our specialists

No matter what disease or condition you have, Mass General Brigham has specialists near you who can help.
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At Mass General Brigham, your child has easy access to additional specialty mental health-focused programs and services when they need them.

  • Mental Health and Psychiatric Services

    Access compassionate mental health and psychiatric care across Greater Boston at Mass General Brigham, home to world-class experts from McLean Hospital.

  • Mass General Brigham for Children

    Mass General Brigham for Children provides care for newborns to teens—from checkups to specialty care—for families in the Boston area and internationally. Learn more about our services.

  • Personality Disorder Service

    Personality disorders, like bipolar disorder, can cause intense, distressing symptoms. Learn about our customized, compassionate personality disorder treatment for adults and children.

  • McLean’s Borderline Personality Disorder Outpatient Program at Gunderson

    Learn how our outpatient treatment program is designed to provide structured, compassionate, and evidence-based care for individuals with borderline personality disorder.

  • Child and Adolescent Partial Hospital Program at McLean

    Partial hospital programs offer intensive, structured outpatient mental health treatment. Read more about our child and teen programs.

  • Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Program

    The mission of the Child CBT Program at Mass General Brigham is to provide state-of-the-art cognitive behavioral therapy to children, adolescents and young adults with a range of emotional and behavioral problems.

  • Transitional Age Youth Clinic

    Mass General Brigham's Transitional Age Youth Clinic is designed to provide diagnostic and consultative evaluations for patients ages 18-26.

  • Child Depression Program

    Experts at our Child Depression Program offer compassionate, evidence-based care to help children and teens with depression. See how we can help your child.

  • Child Anxiety Program

    Access comprehensive services for your child’s anxiety disorder, including medications and therapies. Request an appointment.

  • Child Stress and PTSD Program

    Children and teens with PTSD benefit from treatments and dedicated programs at our Child Stress and PTSD Program. Learn how we can help your child feel better.

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Contact the Child Personality Disorders Program

Call us to speak with a team member who can help you understand your options and guide you to the care that is right for you.
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