Open AccessThe Psychoanalytic-Interactional Method (PiM) for Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder
Author(s) -
Annette Streeck-Fischer,
Charline Logé,
Simone Salzer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
adolescent psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2210-6774
pISSN - 2210-6766
DOI - 10.2174/2210676610666200327164953
Subject(s) - borderline personality disorder , psychodynamic psychotherapy , psychology , psychoanalytic theory , clinical psychology , personality , psychodynamics , psychotherapist , randomized controlled trial , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , surgery
Background: Studies have shown the practicality of diagnosing borderline personalitydisorder (BPD) in children from the age of 12 years (cf. ICD-11, DSM-5). Researchin the psychodynamic therapy of adolescents with BPD has been rare to date, however, theredo exist some studies on the efficacy and effectiveness of psychodynamic therapy in adultswith borderline personality disorder. Methods: We adapted the psychoanalytic-interactional method (PiM), originally developedin the treatment of severely disturbed adults, to the conditions of adolescents diagnosed withborderline personality disorder or structural deficits. Randomized controlled trial in an inpatientsetting (Salzer et al., 2013; Salzer et al., 2014) showed that PIM is efficacious for adolescentswith BPD symptoms. We describe the approach to treatment in detail. Results: The results of the therapeutic study and the short case vignette show that PiM is auseful method in both inpatient and outpatient treatment and meets the specific requirementsof adolescent treatment.