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Psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder: Focusing on the mechanisms of change
Author(s) -
Clarkin John F.,
Levy Kenneth N.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20238
Subject(s) - psychology , borderline personality disorder , psychotherapist , personality , clinical psychology , personality disorders , psychoanalysis
A major development in the field of psychotherapy research is the growing recognition of the need for evidence on the mechanisms of change in psychotherapy. The empirical evidence that psychotherapy has a positive and significant effect must be amplified with data on the mechanisms of action in the various psychotherapies. This special issue is devoted to the articulation of putative mechanisms of change in the psychotherapy of patients with borderline personality disorder by leading researchers in this field. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 62: 405–410, 2006.