An Update and Overview of the Empirical Evidence for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy and Other Psychotherapies for Borderline Personality Disorder

2011 ◽  
pp. 139-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth N. Levy ◽  
Kevin B. Meehan ◽  
Frank E. Yeomans
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Transference Focused Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Grunwald ◽  
Erica Robinson ◽  
Sarah Fineberg
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Supportive Therapy ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Study Intervention ◽  
Transference Focused Psychotherapy ◽  
Landmark Study

This chapter provides a summary of a landmark study on borderline personality disorder. How does transference-focused psychotherapy, supportive therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy compare in the treatment of borderline personality disorder? Starting with that question, the chapter describes the basics of this study, including funding sources, study location, who was studied, and how many patients participated in the study. The study design is described, as well as the study intervention, follow-up, endpoints, results, and finally a discussion of criticisms and limitations. The chapter briefly reviews other relevant studies and information, discusses implications, and concludes with a relevant clinical case.

scholarly journals Transference-focused psychotherapy v. treatment by community psychotherapists for borderline personality disorder: randomised controlled trial

2010 ◽  
Vol 196 (5) ◽  
pp. 389-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Doering ◽  
Susanne Hörz ◽  
Michael Rentrop ◽  
Melitta Fischer-Kern ◽  
Peter Schuster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Transference Focused Psychotherapy

BackgroundTransference-focused psychotherapy is a manualised treatment for borderline personality disorder.AimsTo compare transference-focused psychotherapy with treatment by experienced community psychotherapists.MethodIn a randomised controlled trial (NCT00714311) 104 female out-patients were treated for 1 year with either transference-focused psychotherapy or by an experienced community psychotherapist.ResultsSignificantly fewer participants dropped out of the transference-focused psychotherapy group (38.5% v. 67.3%) and also significantly fewer attempted suicide (d = 0.8, P = 0.009). Transference-focused psychotherapy was significantly superior in the domains of borderline symptomatology (d = 1.6, P = 0.001), psychosocial functioning (d = 1.0, P = 0.002), personality organisation (d = 1.0, P = 0.001) and psychiatric in-patient admissions (d = 0.5, P = 0.001). Both groups improved significantly in the domains of depression and anxiety and the transference-focused psychotherapy group in general psychopathology, all without significant group differences (d = 0.3–0.5). Self-harming behaviour did not change in either group.ConclusionsTransference-focused psychotherapy is more efficacious than treatment by experienced community psychotherapists in the domains of borderline symptomatology, psychosocial functioning, and personality organisation. Moreover, there is preliminary evidence for a superiority in the reduction of suicidality and need for psychiatric in-patient treatment.

scholarly journals Diagnostic neglect: The potential impact of losing a separate axis for personality disorder

2015 ◽  
Vol 206 (5) ◽  
pp. 355-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giles Newton-Howes ◽  
Roger Mulder ◽  
Peter Tyrer
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Axis Ii ◽  
Not Otherwise Specified ◽  
Potential Impact

SummaryBoth major classifications in psychiatry have now moved away from the multi-axial nosological model. This is clinically understandable as the specific categorical diagnoses, other than borderline personality disorder and personality disorder ‘NOS' (not otherwise specified) were so seldom used and empirical evidence would not support the polythetic categorical system. As a consequence, those with personality disorders, frequently referred to as Axis II disorders, now have to compete with all other mental disorders for clinical attention.

scholarly journals Psychodynamic psychotherapies for borderline personality disorders. Current developments and challenges ahead

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Torres
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorders ◽  
Transference Focused Psychotherapy ◽  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapies

This article summarises the current position of evidence-based psychodynamic psychotherapies aimed at the treatment of borderline personality disorder – mentalisation-based treatment and transference-focused psychotherapy – noting the main challenges they face, especially in the area of dissemination.

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