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Cognitive therapy for antisocial and borderline personality disorders: Single case study series
Author(s) -
Davidson Kate M.,
Tyrer Peter
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1996.tb01195.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality disorders , borderline personality disorder , cognitive therapy , cognition , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , antisocial personality disorder , personality , developmental psychology , psychiatry , poison control , injury prevention , psychoanalysis , medicine , environmental health
Cognitive therapy for affective disorders has been recently adapted and developed for the treatment of personality disorders. In the present study, a specific and detailed cognitive therapy treatment manual for borderline and antisocial personality disorders was evaluated in a pilot study. The results of a single case series demonstrate that important clinical changes in dysfunctional behaviour and attitudes can be achieved with short‐term cognitive therapy in patients with antisocial and borderline personality disorders, although these were not, on the whole, statistically significant.