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Published on: March 8, 2018
Approaches to psychotherapy for borderline personality: demonstrations by four master clinicians
Christopher J Hopwood1, Charles Swenson2, Anthony Bateman3
1Department of Psychology, Michigan State University.
Abstract:
Several efficacious therapies for borderline personality disorder (BPD) now exist despite longstanding skepticism in the field regarding amenability to treatment. In this article, 4 master clinicians describe a brief interaction with an actress playing the part of a patient with BPD that occurred at the First Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders in Boston, April 2013. The approaches include dialectical behavior therapy, transference focused psychotherapy, mentalization based therapy, and good psychiatric management. The paper concludes with a discussion of what these approaches have in common, how they differ, and future directions for the treatment of BPD.
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