Borderline Personality Disorder: a narrative review on effective psychotherapies

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Title: Borderline Personality Disorder: a narrative review on effective psychotherapies
Authors: Marina Neri, Antonino Reitano, Lavinia Rinnone, Antonio Bruno, Fabrizio Turiaco, Felicia Matilde Ferreri, Carmela Mento, Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello, Fiammetta Iannuzzo
Source: Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 267-276 (2024)
Publisher Information: Ion Motofei, Carol Davila University, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Medicine (General)
Subject Terms: borderline disorder, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, evidence based psychotherapy, guidelines, Medicine (General), R5-920
More Details: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder characterized by pervasive patterns of relational instability, chronic feelings of emptiness, sense of abandonment, self-injurious and anticonservative attempts. Pharmacological treatment has been found useful only for the management of severe symptoms and management of comorbidities, while psychotherapy is the main treatment for BPD. Although the disorder has long been considered resistant to any treatment, in recent years research has not only shown that BPD can be treated but also provided several manualized and empirically validated psychotherapeutic treatments. This paper set out to examine the most effective current psychotherapies for the treatment of BPD. All articles published in the last five years on the new psychotherapic treatments for BPD were included. Articles not relevant to this topic, as well as case reports and articles on animal models, were excluded. EBs forms of psychotherapy directed at symptom control and comorbidities occurring in BPD and forms termed generalist, were analyzed. Overall, the study found that there is no single form of psychotherapy that can fully treat BPD. The most effective forms of psychotherapy in controlling impulsive and self-injurious symptoms and in managing comorbidities remain Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Schema Therapy.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2392-7674
Relation: https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1500&context=jmms; https://doaj.org/toc/2392-7674
DOI: 10.22543/2392-7674.1500
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/0bca88d6bf5448a8832dd0fe420cc170
Accession Number: edsdoj.0bca88d6bf5448a8832dd0fe420cc170
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23927674
DOI:10.22543/2392-7674.1500
Published in:Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Language:English