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Brief treatments for borderline personality
Author(s) -
Hopwood Christopher J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.494
Subject(s) - discontinuation , psychology , alliance , borderline personality disorder , modalities , psychotherapist , presentation (obstetrics) , personality , clinical psychology , therapeutic modalities , evidence based practice , psychiatry , medicine , alternative medicine , physical therapy , social psychology , surgery , social science , pathology , sociology , political science , law
Borderline personality (BP) is prevalent in clinical populations and notoriously difficult to treat. Reasons for this difficulty include complexity of presentation, overall severity of functioning, premature discontinuation and difficulty establishing a therapeutic alliance. Brief treatments for BP are considered, and specific therapeutic goals with potential amenability to brief approaches are discussed, with a focus on the integrative combination of various modalities. It is noted that brief treatments have the potential to ameliorate problems related to premature discontinuation, supplement and enhance long‐term treatments and increase the cost‐effectiveness of treatment. Suggestions for empirical research on brief strategies for treating BP are enumerated. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.